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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. The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context More results

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