Meaning of loose lip | Babel Free

Definitions

The practice or characteristic of being overly talkative, especially with respect to inadvertently revealing information which is private or confidential.

idiomatic

Examples

“Loose lips might sink ships.”

“In the classic dramas of private investigation, the cheeky quip is the tough guy's challenge to toughness. In Fletch the quick, smartly paced gags somehow read as signs of vulnerability. . . . Every minute you expect the hero's loose lip to be turned into a fat one.”

“Poor fellow, he had "cemented my reputation forever as a guy who tells too much truth." . . . But his loose lip has ultimately worked out for him.”

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