СЛОВО СЕРЕБРО, МОЛЧАНИЕ ЗОЛОТО

• СЛОВО - СЕРЕБРО, МОЛЧАНИЕ - ЗОЛОТО

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⇒ it is better to be silent than to say something you will regret later:

- - speech is silver, silence is golden;

- speech is (of) silver, silence is gold;

- words are silver and silence is gold;

- [in limited contexts] silence is golden;

- a shut mouth catches no flies.

     ♦ "...Ничего и не надо рассказывать. Обо всем самое лучшее молчок теперь... Это истина вечная. Слово серебро, а молчание золото" (Пастернак 1). ".. Don't start telling anything at all. It's better to keep your mouth shut ...Speech is of silver, silence is gold. That has always been true" (1a)

Var.: Молчание - золото Cf: Silence is a rare jewel (Am.). Silence is golden (Am., Br.). Silence is the best policy (Am.). Speaking is silver; silence is golden (Am.). Speech is silver, /but/ silence is gold (Br.). Speech is silvern, /but/ silence is golden (Br.). Speech is silver; silence is golden (Am.). Words are silver and silence is gold (Am.)