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    Silence is golden
    Silence is of great value.
  • silence is golden
    silence is golden
    Keeping one's mouth shut is a great virtue, as in Don't tell anyone else about it—silence is golden. Although this precise phrase was first recorded only in 1848, it is part of a much older proverb, “Speech is silver and silence is golden.”

Silence is golden

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  1. Silence is of great value.

silence is golden Idioms  

  1. Keeping one's mouth shut is a great virtue, as in Don't tell anyone else about it—silence is golden. Although this precise phrase was first recorded only in 1848, it is part of a much older proverb, “Speech is silver and silence is golden.”

Example Sentences

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The players, though, are starting to realize that silence is golden.

From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2023

In these times, he said, silence is golden.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2021

For the true sports fan, silence is golden.

From Slate • May 27, 2020

The Washington Post's Glenn Kessler remarked dryly, "Sometimes silence is golden."

From Fox News • Oct. 20, 2019

"This is one of the many instances in which silence is golden."

From The Captain of the Kansas by Tracy, Louis

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