silent as the grave

Etymology
Perhaps connected to the idea of taking a secret to the grave, or the idea that dead men tell no tales.

Adjective

 * 1)  Saying absolutely nothing (especially about a particular subject).

Synonyms

 * silent as the tomb

Translations
Note: these are translations of a verb construction, to be as silent as the grave, rather than of the adjective.


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: haudanhiljainen
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Polish:, milczeć jak kamień, milczeć jak głaz, milczeć jak zaklęty, milczeć jak zamurowany,
 * Russian: нем, как ры́ба, молчать, как пле́нный партиза́н
 * Serbo-Croatian: šutjeti kao grob
 * Spanish: ser callado como una tumba, ser como una tumba