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单词 mum's the word
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mum's the word

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Say nothing about this, it's a secret, as in Mum's the word on tonight's surprise party. This expression dates from about 1700, but mum, meaning “silence,” is much older. In 2 Henry VI (1:2) Shakespeare wrote, “Seal up your lips, and give no words but mum.”

Words nearby mum's the word

mumps, mumpsimus, mumps skin test antigen, mumps virus, mumps virus vaccine, mum's the word, mumsy, μμ, mun., munch, Munchausen
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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