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button one's lip
button one's lip также zip one's lip {v. phr.}, {slang}
Прекращать разговаривать; сохранять в секрете; замолкать (заткнуться, закрывать рот); молчать.
The man was getting loud and insulting and the cop told him to button his lip.
John wanted to talk, but Dan told him to keep his lip buttoned.
Син.: KEEP ONE'S MOUTH SHUT, SHUT UP.
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Источник: A Dictionary of American Idioms
