| 单词 | to break silence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto break (the) silence Phrases P1. to keep (one's) silence (also to hold (one's) silence): to refrain from speaking; to refrain from discussing or remarking on a specific matter. [Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French faire silence (c1210).] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] to hold one's tonguec897 to keep one's tonguec897 to be (hold oneself) stilla1000 to say littleOE to hold one's mouthc1175 to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 to keep (one's) silence?c1225 to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275 stillc1330 peacec1395 mum1440 to say neither buff nor baff1481 to keep (also play) mum1532 to charm the tonguec1540 to have (also set, keep) a hatch before the door1546 hush1548 to play (at) mumbudgeta1564 not to say buff to a wolf's shadow1590 to keep a still tongue in one's head1729 to sing small1738 to sew up1785 let that fly stick in (or to) the wall1814 to say (also know) neither buff nor stye1824 to choke back1844 mumchance1854 to keep one's trap shut1899 to choke up1907 to belt up1949 to keep (or stay) shtum1958 shtum1958 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 20 From ouwer compelin oðet Preciosa beo iseid. haldeð silence. c1300 St. Brendan (Laud) l. 324 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 228 Hov holde ȝe so silence þat neuer on ne spekez with oþur? c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 336 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 313 As þai come til his presence, he gert þe puple kepe scilence. c1500 (a1473) Syon Additions Sisters (Arundel) in J. Hogg Rewyll Seynt Sauioure (1980) IV. liii. 176 All schal there kepe hygh silence. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xviij He required him that his aduersaries might kepe silence. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. ix. 211 They kept a strict silence all the week. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. iv. 74 He keeps firm silence; but these lines found on him May speak. 1944 A. Thirkell Headmistress (1996) xiii. 336 Mr. Belton..was in that state of letting off steam that he would have taken the whole Albert Hall into his confidence sooner than keep silence. 1949 Manch. Guardian 10 June 3/1 Miss Utley held her silence publicly until it seemed that there was no chance of his release. 2018 Manila Times (Nexis) 13 July The President said he would keep his silence from now on. P2. to break (the) silence. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] > break the silence to break (the) silence?c1225 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 254 Of gruchunge of grim chere of silence ibroken. 1442 in A. H. Thompson Visitations Relig. Houses Diocese Lincoln (1919) II. 52 Rede som seynts lyfe..to thentent to eschewe..brekyng of your sylence. a1500 Form of Confession (Nero A.iii) in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1882) III. 302 (MED) Of all ydyll words that I haue spokyn, or sylence brokyn lesse or more, at vnconvenyent tyme and place with bretherne or seculers, etc., I aske god mercy. b. To begin to speak after refraining from speech for a considerable period of time, spec. to speak about or disclose something shocking, distressing, sensitive, or controversial for the first time after a period of refraining from discussing it. Often as to break one's silence. ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1302 Thus fulofte my silence I breke. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. B He [sc. Morpheus] mumbled soft, but would not all his silence breake. 1800 E. Hamilton Mem. Mod. Philosphers III. x. 227 By being delivered in presence of her friend, it [sc. the love-letter] laid her under the necessity of breaking the silence she had hitherto observed to Maria on the subject of Carradine's addresses. 1842 R. Browning Pied Piper of Hamelin in Bells & Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics iv An hour they sate in council, At length the Mayor broke silence. 1927 Washington Post 3 Dec. 1/8 Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York State tonight broke his silence on the prohibition question. 2006 Caribbean Rev. Bks. May 25/2 Nani..passes on, but not before breaking her silence to tell the story of her grandmother's journey from India. c. To utter something or make noise after a period of complete quiet. ΚΠ 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos i. sig. B.iiiv Whan they wer in, and licence had before the quene to speke, The gretest lord sir Ilionee, thus gan the silence breke. 1786 R. Burns Poems 63 He gaped wide, but naething spak, At length poor Mailie silence brak. 1908 Auckland Weekly News 17 Dec. 50/1 It is only occasionally that the silence is broken by the liquid notes of the tui and the bell-bird. 2019 Indian Express (Nexis) 27 Oct. The silence was broken by a few sniffs that would turn to sobs. P3. in silence: without speaking; without making any noise or sound. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adverb] in silencea1382 without language?c1450 sub silentio1563 monkishly1595 wordlessly1840 pauciloquently1844 speechlessly1847 taciturnly1847 reticently1859 incommunicativelya1862 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Eccles. x. 11 If þe edder bijte in scilense [L. in silentio]: no thing lasse þan he: haþ þat priuyly bacbiteþ. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 93 (MED) We shulden be tymes reste, and preye to God in scilence. c1475 Advice to Lovers in J. O. Halliwell Select. Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1840) 41 He kept the nyhte in peas and silence. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 566 In speech will I ever render thankes, and in silence acknowledge my selfe most deepely endebted. 1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. xvii. 75 But had the Crow his Food in Silence eat, Less had his Quarrels been. 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad vii. 192 Amaz'd we stood; in silence, each his mind To fear and hope alternately resign'd. 1827 in W. Scott Chron. Canongate Introd. App. The next toast..he wished to be drunk in solemn silence. 1947 A. Ransome Great Northern? viii. 111 The Sea Bear slipped on in silence towards the big white motor yacht. 2001 I. McEwan Atonement 214 They sat in silence on the hay bales smoking the first cigarette of the day. P4. a. to put silence to and variants: to refute, confound, or disprove completely; to defeat in argument; to prohibit or prevent from speaking. Now somewhat rare. [Originally after post-classical Latin silentium imponere (Vulgate).] ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > completely to put silence toc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 convell1536 silence1592 to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605 explode1629 to fetch overa1640 out-argue1662 ruin1665 settle1849 scuttle1888 skyrocket1928 banjax1956 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] > reduce to silence by restraint to put silence toc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 silence1553 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > deprive of voice [verb (transitive)] > put to silence to put silence toc1384 to stop (one's own or another's) mouthc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 mumc1475 stillc1540 to button up (a person's) lip (also mouth)1601 obacerate1656 bouche1721 to shut up1814 to pipe down1926 to button (a person's) lip (also mouth)1968 the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking > by prohibition to put silence toc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 silence1553 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxii. 34 Pharisees, heerynge that he hadde put silence to [L. silentium inposuisset] Saducees. 1496 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 36 The saidis Lordis puttis cylence to the sade Maister David..in this mater..[under pain of] bannising. 1568 (a1508) W. Kennedy Flyting (Bannatyne) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 201 Heir I put sylence to the in all pairtis. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 155 I know writing Books of Trade..puts a silence unto the whole History, be it never so good. 1690 W. S. Clear Declar. of Resurrection of Dead in Two. Disc. 177 From henceforth, Lord, I will put silence to this wicked Tongue of mine, which hath been so great an Instrument of Impiety. 1712 Spectator No. 450. I recover'd 15000 Pounds, which made me Amends for what she had idly squander'd, and put Silence to all my Neighbours. 2016 JonathanRod_7 11 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 19 Nov. 2019) Well I hope this 4th title in 7 years puts silence to those disgruntled and invalid statements against this great program. b. to put (a person or thing) to silence. (a) To refute, confound, disprove (a person or a person's argument, opinion, remark, etc.) completely; to defeat in argument; to resolve (a matter); to prohibit or prevent from speaking. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > completely to put silence toc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 convell1536 silence1592 to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605 explode1629 to fetch overa1640 out-argue1662 ruin1665 settle1849 scuttle1888 skyrocket1928 banjax1956 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] > reduce to silence by restraint to put silence toc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 silence1553 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > deprive of voice [verb (transitive)] > put to silence to put silence toc1384 to stop (one's own or another's) mouthc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 mumc1475 stillc1540 to button up (a person's) lip (also mouth)1601 obacerate1656 bouche1721 to shut up1814 to pipe down1926 to button (a person's) lip (also mouth)1968 the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking > by prohibition to put silence toc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 silence1553 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 130 (MED) Withinne few dayes þe mater was put to silens. 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. vi. f.xiiiv/1 Ye haue put me to sylence that I dare not now be bolde to tell you that I haue seen yt my selfe. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue Brief Descr. sig. iiijv Which wordes so often he repeated, that thereby he put Barry to silence. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 254 Such force and dexterity, as may be able to putte your overthwart obstinacy to scilence. 1772 G. Buchanan's Paraphr. Psalms i. xxxi. 67 Let the tongue accustomed to lying, the tongue which used wantonly to provoke and pridefully slight good men, be put to silence. 1862 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles (ed. 7) xix. 326 He had put them to silence and to shame before all the people. 1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. xlii. 424 Tyndale..would..sometimes put all the dignitaries to silence by his arguments. 1992 Paragraph 15 275 He puts them to silence with a single question. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] swevec725 quelmeOE slayc893 quelleOE of-falleOE ofslayeOE aquellc950 ayeteeOE spillc950 beliveOE to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE fordoa1000 forfarea1000 asweveOE drepeOE forleseOE martyrOE to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE bringc1175 off-quellc1175 quenchc1175 forswelta1225 adeadc1225 to bring of daysc1225 to do to deathc1225 to draw (a person) to deathc1225 murder?c1225 aslayc1275 forferec1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 martyrc1300 strangle1303 destroya1325 misdoa1325 killc1330 tailc1330 to take the life of (also fro)c1330 enda1340 to kill to (into, unto) death1362 brittena1375 deadc1374 to ding to deathc1380 mortifya1382 perisha1387 to dight to death1393 colea1400 fella1400 kill out (away, down, up)a1400 to slay up or downa1400 swelta1400 voida1400 deliverc1400 starvec1425 jugylc1440 morta1450 to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480 to put offc1485 to-slaya1500 to make away with1502 to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503 rida1513 to put downa1525 to hang out of the way1528 dispatch?1529 strikea1535 occidea1538 to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540 to fling to deathc1540 extinct1548 to make out of the way1551 to fet offa1556 to cut offc1565 to make away?1566 occise1575 spoil1578 senda1586 to put away1588 exanimate1593 unmortalize1593 speed1594 unlive1594 execute1597 dislive1598 extinguish1598 to lay along1599 to make hence1605 conclude1606 kill off1607 disanimate1609 feeze1609 to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611 to kill dead1615 transporta1616 spatch1616 to take off1619 mactate1623 to make meat of1632 to turn up1642 inanimate1647 pop1649 enecate1657 cadaverate1658 expedite1678 to make dog's meat of1679 to make mincemeat of1709 sluice1749 finisha1753 royna1770 still1778 do1780 deaden1807 deathifyc1810 to lay out1829 cool1833 to use up1833 puckeroo1840 to rub out1840 cadaverize1841 to put under the sod1847 suicide1852 outkill1860 to fix1875 to put under1879 corpse1884 stiffen1888 tip1891 to do away with1899 to take out1900 stretch1902 red-light1906 huff1919 to knock rotten1919 skittle1919 liquidate1924 clip1927 to set over1931 creasea1935 ice1941 lose1942 to put to sleep1942 zap1942 hit1955 to take down1967 wax1968 trash1973 ace1975 c1503 R. Arnold Chron. sig. Avij The ij. sonnys of kinge Edward were put to silence. 1590 J. Smythe in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) 60 My little Booke..shall be put to silence and abolished. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 286 Murrellus and Flauius, for pulling Scarffes off Cæsars Images, are put to silence . View more context for this quotation P5. a. to let (something) pass in silence (also to let pass with silence): to let (a matter, comment, etc.) pass without being commented on or acknowledged; to allow to go unchallenged. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xlviii. 263 Þere I lete þis matere passe wiþ scilens. 1573 T. Twyne tr. H. Llwyd Breuiary of Britayne f. 10 And here I must not let passe with silence, that Bede the Englishman, Volaterranus, and Polydorus Italians, were shamfully ouerseene. 1709 T. Eccleston Remarks T. Andrews's Bk. 74 Yet in respect of the Truth we profess, we cannot let them pass in Silence, least that should continue under a Reproach through our neglect. 1858 Standard 15 Sept. 4/3 The successors of Usher and Taylor, and Berkeley, can afford to let insolence pass in silence. 2006 N.Y. Observer (Nexis) 9 Jan. (Culture section) 19 I don't ordinarily write mean reviews, especially of first novels. If this one hadn't come with impressive endorsements and publicity behind it, I would have let it pass in silence. b. to pass over (something) in silence (also to pass over with silence): (of a person, text, account, etc.) to omit or refrain from comment on or discussion of (a matter, remark, etc.). Also similarly to pass (something) in silence (also to pass something with silence). ΚΠ 1526 W. Tyndale Prol. Epist. Rom. sig. cijv I passe over wyth sylence howe wyth oute all frute ye wyth howe tereble ignoraunce the laye and vnlerned people saye the pater noster and also the crede in the latyne tonge. 1558 J. Knox Appellation f. 25v Shall yee be excused, if with silence yee passe ouer his iniquitie? 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 1. ¶3 As for the rest of my Infancy, there being nothing in it remarkable, I shall pass it over in Silence. 1852 Ann. Reg. 1851 235/2 I ought to pass with silence the events which, in spite of myself, have produced certain dissensions which will always be to be regretted. 1896 Documents & Corr. relating Question Boundary between Brit. Guiana & Venezuela App. ii. 438 Her Britannic Majesty's Government passes in silence the arguments which I submitted in support of the most just refusal of the Venezuelan Government. 1900 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1900 131 These ‘intermetallic’ compounds are still passed over in silence by..books on descriptive chemistry. 2003 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 102 213 If this were a marginal or arcane analysis, we could understand how modern scholars might pass over it in silence. P6. to suffer in silence: to endure hardship without complaint, comment, or objection. Also with an object specified: to endure (something undesirable or distressing) without complaint, comment, or objection. ΚΠ ?1555 Image of Idlenesse sig. F.v Yf she thynkyng hym to be the same that made the promes, shulde perceaue hym to profer further then was promysed, yet were she better to suffer in scilence, then to make any great noyse in the rescue. 1782 M. Wodhull tr. Euripides Helen in tr. Euripides 19 Trag. & Fragm. III. 328 His Sister will not suffer this in silence If you attempt aught 'gainst her Brother's life. 1889 Sat. Rev. 9 Feb. 145/2 A brave man suffers in silence. 2009 Independent 24 Nov. 24/3 Those who suffer in silence at the hands of unreasonable or vindictive management are at higher risk of dying of a heart attack. P7. vow of silence n. a vow to renounce speech, esp. taken by members of certain religious or monastic orders (cf. sense A. 1b); (in extended use) a promise or commitment not to disclose a secret, private information, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > vow or oath > of particular type abjuration?a1439 professing1560 vow of silence1567 oath of allegiance1574 vow1600 affidation1612 abjuration1621 fetish1705 affidature1727 pledge of allegiance1750 abjuration of the realm1768 oath-parole1900 Guide's honour1912 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 250 The crueltie of Zilya in bindynge hym to a vowe of scilence for iij. yeres. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Ess. Active & Contempl. Life (1765) 77 They..hide themselves in monasteries and places of solitude; and make vows of silence. 1855 F. M. Sibthorpe Home is Home vii. 81 She mentally vowed a vow of silence upon all family secrets in future. 1977 Washington Post 1 Dec. a6/2 The spy..tried to secure a vow of silence from Gen. Kim. 2009 Music & Moving Image 2 1 The vow of silence, taken by some Christian orders or Buddhist monks,..is not only associated with the conservation of spiritual energy,..but also with the renunciation of all earthly distractions. P8. to reduce (a person or thing) to silence. a. To cause (a person, organization, etc.) to stop speaking or communicating; spec. to render (a person) speechless with emotion, shock, etc.; (also) to defeat (a person) completely in argument. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > completely to put silence toc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 convell1536 silence1592 to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605 explode1629 to fetch overa1640 out-argue1662 ruin1665 settle1849 scuttle1888 skyrocket1928 banjax1956 the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking to stop a person's mouthc1175 stilla1225 to keep ina1420 stifle1496 to knit up1530 to muzzle (up) the mouth1531 choke1533 muzzle?1542 to tie a person's tongue1544 tongue-tiea1555 silence1592 untongue1598 to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605 to bite in1608 gaga1616 to swear downa1616 to laugh down1616 stifle1621 to cry down1623 unworda1627 clamour1646 splint1648 to take down1656 snap1677 stick1708 shut1809 to shut up1814 to cough down1823 to scrape down1855 to howl down1872 extinguish1878 hold1901 shout1924 to pipe down1926 1605 A. Munday tr. G. Affinati Dumbe Divine Speaker xiii. 147 Whosoeuer can reduce such tongues to perpetuall silence, it wil appeare in him to be a very great office of charity. 1688 J. La Placette Of Incurable Scepticism Church of Rome iii. 13 They would be reduced to silence, and not have one authority left to boast of. 1849 M. B. Smedley Maiden Aunt 37 The mixture of authority, gentleness, and resolution, could not have been better contrived to overwhelm me with shame and reduce me to silence. 1901 Jrnl. Pedagogy 13 97 The testimony of the pupils of Socrates was that he reduced them to silence. 2015 Sc. Daily Mail (Nexis) 31 Jan. 41 Another woman tries to ask a question but is reduced to silence by the emotion of it all. b. To disable (an enemy battery, gun, etc.), esp. through superior fire. Also more generally: to put (something noisy) out of action. ΚΠ 1793 Sun 27 May The French Batteries having commenced a very brisk fire, they were soon reduced to silence by the superior fire of the Allies. 1915 Bakersfield Californian 15 Jan. 2/2 German batteries were reduced to silence, two pieces of artillery were demolished, a depot of ammunition was exploded and field works in course of construction were destroyed. 2013 Lancaster Guardian (Nexis) 19 Dec. Wray Mill has been reduced to silence. Its doors are closed, its chimney is smokeless, its machinery is still. P9. Tower of Silence n. a squat, cylindrical structure on which Parsees place the bodies of the dead to decompose from exposure to the sun or be consumed by carrion birds; cf. dakhma n. [after French tour du silence (1799 in the passage translated in quot. 1800).] Towers of Silence have a hollow centre, with the surface on which the bodies are placed sloping down slightly from the upper edge of the tower towards a pit. Once a body has fully decomposed the bones are placed in an ossuary in or near the tower. The practice was made illegal in Iran in the 1970s but continues in India. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > other means of disposal > [noun] > exposure > structure for scaffold1777 Tower of Silence1800 1800 tr. L.-P. Anquetil Summary Universal Hist. I. 239 The dead body is carried to the tower of silence [Fr. tour du silence], where it is devoured by birds of prey. 1920 Times of India 21 Apr. The Commissioner of Police has issued a direct warning to pilots of aeroplanes now flying in Bombay to avoid flying low over the Towers of Silence. 2001 C. Bird Neither East nor West 371 Just below the tower of silence was a small cemetery where today's Zoroastrians bury their dead, in cement-lined coffins that continue to prevent direct contact with the Earth. P10. Proverb. silence is golden: it is often wise to say nothing. Also more fully as speech is silver, silence is golden. [Ultimately after Arabic law kāna al-kalām min fiḍḍa, la-kāna al-sukūt min ḏahab (and variants) ‘if speech were made of silver, then silence would be of gold’ (9th cent. or earlier). Compare German Sprechen ist Silber, Schweigen Gold (late 18th cent. or earlier; also (and now more usually) Reden ist Silber, Schweigen ist Gold), which ultimately reflects the same Arabic proverb.] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > taciturnity [phrase] > silence is golden silence is golden1832 1832 Fraser's Mag. May 390/1 Out of Silence comes thy strength. ‘Speech is silvern, Silence is golden; Speech is human, Silence is divine.’ 1935 M. V. Hughes Vivians vii. 138 ‘Did you tell him about that?’ ‘No, and I'm wondering whether I ought to?’ ‘I shouldn't if I were you. Silence is golden.’ 1980 J. McNeil Spy Game xxv. 239 ‘I'll tell you the rest..on the way back.’ He sealed her lips with a finger. ‘Meanwhile, silence is golden.’ 2009 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 30 June A passing fancy might catch your eye, but don't admit anything and upset an existing relationship. Remember: Silence is golden. P11. the rest is silence: used to indicate that there is nothing further to say on a matter.With allusion to the last words of the dying Hamlet (see quot. 1604). ΚΠ 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 363 So tell him, with th'occurrants more and lesse Which have solicited, the rest is silence.] 1838 N.-Y. Mirror 27 Jan. 244/2 The rest is silence. I will merely add, We're daily getting into some ‘bad box’. 1982 Daily Tel. 2 June 16/4 In most of the countries involved the eternal tug-of-war between Government and news media has long since ended. The curtain has fallen. The rest is silence. 2018 Sc. Express (Nexis) 23 Jan. 21 Enter Nicola Sturgeon to deliver the final rhetorical blow. The rest is silence. P12. to shatter the silence: to make a sudden, loud noise after a period of complete quiet. Also: to speak about a sensitive topic that is not usually discussed openly. ΚΠ 1851 G. W. Curtis Nile Notes vi. 58 One sharp, fierce cackle of dispute suddenly shattered the silence like a tropical whirlwind. 1958 C. Achebe Things fall Apart xiii. 107 The cannon shattered the silence. 2018 Bowling Green State Univ. Newswire (Nexis) 16 Apr. 1 I talked about the need for shattering the silence around pregnancy loss and miscarriage. P13. silence gives consent: see consent n. 1c; conspiracy of silence: see conspiracy n. 2a; dome of silence: see dome n. 5e; to multiply silence: see multiply v. 2a. < as lemmas |
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