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Dead men tell no tales

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Dead men tell no tales.

Prov. Dead people will not betray any secrets. The club members liked to hold their secret meetings in a graveyard, since dead men tell no tales. Gangster: Mugsy is going to tell the police that we robbed the bank. How can we stop him? Henchman: 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.

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