Mum's the word

Pela boca de Hamlet, Shakespeare proclama uma frase que, não fosse ele tão badalado, seria tachada de sexista, machista ou sei lá que mais: ‘Frailty, thy name is woman’. E aquelas belas jovens do Femen, meio peladonas, exibiriam, além de seus seios, cartazes dizendo: ‘Shakespeare porco chauvinista’. Já eu, que não estou com essa bola toda, me limito a imitá-lo e dizer: ‘Magistrates of all courts – the District Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court – your name is injustice.’

 85. Mum's the word

Tradução: Silêncio é a palavra.

Significado: Manter sigilo, não divulgar

Fonte: King Henry VI, parte 2

Hume: Seal up your lips

And give no words but mum.

Hume: Sela teus lábios,

E não digas uma palavra mas silencia.

                            

Exemplo moderno:  Mum’s the word: Woman, 78, accused of hiring $25k 'hitman' ahead of trial

The mother of a man accused of the murder of a Whorouly woman allegedly hired a hitman to kill the key witness in his trial.

But her plan went south when police discovered her alleged plan and posed as the hitman willing to do the job for $25,000.

Michael Cardamone, 50, is due to stand trial in July for the alleged murder of Karen Chetcuti Verbunt in January 2016 – accused of drugging and assaulting her before setting her alight. (The Border Mail, 14 July 2017)