English / proverb
Dead Men Tell No Tales
MEANING IN ENGLISH
The dead cannot speak or betray secrets; dead people leave behind no verbal testimony.
In context
01
Pirate captains historically executed mutinous sailors on the ruthless premise that dead men tell no tales.
02
In modern corporate crime dramas, villains frequently recite the adage that dead men tell no tales.
Synonyms
the dead keep secrets,deceased mouths are silent,the dead don't talk
Antonyms
secrets leak,living voices testify
Collocations
ruthless rule that dead men tell no tales,grim maxim dead men tell no tales,pirate creed dead men tell no tales