pass one's lips



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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Felicianofe-lee-CHYAH-no (Italian), fe-lee-THYAH-no (Spanish), fe-lee-SYAH-no (Latin American Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
NoachNO-ahkh (Dutch)Hebrew, Dutch, Biblical Hebrew
Nuka-Native American, Greenlandic
QuintinKWIN-tinEnglish
Marcelline-French
Toni (2)TON-eeEnglish