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на чужой роток не накинешь платок
stresses
gen.
it is impossible to throw a shawl over
someone's
mouth
idiom.
it's impossible to throw a shawl over mouth
(
Yeldar Azanbayev
)
;
it's impossible to throw a shawl over
someone's
mouth
(
Yeldar Azanbayev
)
;
you cannot make others be silent
(said when gossip or rumors about a person are being circulated
Taras
)
;
you
one
can't stop people from talking
(
Taras
)
;
people will talk
(
Newspapers wrote about her and her diamonds. She commented with a sigh: "People will talk."
Taras
)
;
there are too many mouths to stop
(
Taras
)
;
the wind cannot be prevented from blowing
(
Taras
)
;
rumors are inevitable
(
Taras
)
;
rumors are unavoidable
things
(
Taras
)
;
you can't shut people up
(
Taras
)
;
you can't stop people from talking
(
Taras
)
;
you cannot keep a lid on it
(
Taras
)
literal.
you can't throw a handkerchief over somebody's mouth
(the moral: You may not silence what others say. It is impossible to throw a shawl over someone's mouth
Taras
)
proverb
you can't gag people's mouths
;
you can't stop people's mouths
;
you can't gag every mouth
(
VLZ_58
)
;
pigs grunt about everything and nothing
(it is impossible to make people not tell others of what happened to you, rumours are inevitable)
;
tips will not seal lips
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