open one's mouth
Example Sentences
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As the saying goes, better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt—same goes for military posturing.
From Time • Aug. 21, 2017
To open one's mouth today in public or write something for public consumption, even on a small scale, is to invite scorn, hatred, speculations about one's character, motives, politics, and entire life.
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2016
Many are already adept in that ancient talent of British diplomacy: the ability to open one's mouth and move one's lips to emit words which give the illusion, but only the illusion, of a reply.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is painful to open one's mouth in such an atmosphere; sharp icicles form immediately between one's lips, and the breath is not warm enough to melt them.
From The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Verne, Jules
BLAIT-MOUIT, adj. sheepish; ashamed to open one's mouth, or speak.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander
