loose lipとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

loose lip (複数形 loose lips)

1. (idiomatic, often pluralized) The practice or characteristic of being overly talkative, especially with respect to inadvertently revealing information which is private or confidential.
   • c. 1940, Slogan used by US government during World War II:

     Loose lips might sink ships.

   • 1985 June 3, Richard Schickel, "Cinema: Gliberated in Dreamland Fletch," Time:

     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.

   • 1996 Aug. 25, Donald E. Westlake, "Tough Guys Don't Shut Up," New York Times (Retrieved 29 May 2011):

     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.

同意語

• big mouth, loquaciousness

派生語

• loose-lipped
• loose lips sink ships

参考

• silence is golden
• talk out of turn

参照

• loose lips at OneLook Dictionary Search