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murder will out
Murder will out.
Prov. Murder will always be discovered.; A bad deed will be found out. Horace thought he had disposed of his victim in such a way that no one would ever discover his crime, but murder will out.
murder will out
Certain news cannot be suppressed, as in He's being charged with embezzlement and fraud-murder will out, you know. This expression already appeared in Chaucer's The Nun's Priest's Tale: "Murder will out that we see day by day." [Late 1300s]
murder will out
Secrets or misdeeds will eventually be disclosed.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Nkemdilim | | - | Western African, Igbo |
| Dakota | | də-KO-tə | English (Modern) |
| Jean (1) | | ZHAWN | French |
| Nikephoros | | - | Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology |
| Mahesh | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Nepali |
| Fernande | | fer-NAWND | French |