button lip



button (up) one's lip

Fig. to stop talking. (Fixed order.) Please button up your lip! Will you button your lip? I don't want the news to get out.
See also: button, lip

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
RainbowRAYN-boEnglish (Rare)
Fedya-Russian
Candelariokahn-de-LAH-ryoSpanish
Taonga-Southern African, Tumbuka
Moyses-Biblical Latin
Jim[dʒim]