open one's mouth

1. see not open one's mouth.

Example Sentences

As the saying goes, better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt—same goes for military posturing.

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To open one's mouth today in public or write something for public consumption, even on a small scale, is to invite scorn, hatred, speculations about one's character, motives, politics, and entire life.

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He said, “It’s better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.”

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Abraham Lincoln said, “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.”

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Many are already adept in that ancient talent of British diplomacy: the ability to open one's mouth and move one's lips to emit words which give the illusion, but only the illusion, of a reply.

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