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Dead men tell no tales

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Dead men tell no tales.
something that you say which means people who are dead cannot tell secrets. I suspect they killed him because he knew too much. Dead men tell no tales.
See also: dead, men, tales, tell

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They say that dead men tell no tales, but Snider told the story of his end as clearly as though the dead lips had parted and poured forth the truth.
 
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