loose lip

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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