pass (one's) lips

1. To be said by one. No sooner had the words passed my lips than I regretted what I'd said.

2. To be eaten or drunk by one. As soon as the first morsel passed my lips, I knew it would be an exquisite meal.

pass one's lips

Speak, utter, as in Not a word of it will pass my lips, I promise. [Mid-1700s]

See also: lip, pass

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

See also:

drive (one) out of office
force (one) out of office
force out of office
give (one) (one's) head
give somebody their head
give someone his or her head
give someone his/her head, to
(something) pays for itself
as one door closes, another (one) opens

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