Button your lip
“To button your lip” is an idiom meaning to keep quiet about something.
Examples:
- I know you want to talk about it, but please button your lip for the moment.
- Button your lip! Don’t say a word.
- They don’t need to know about it, so I’ll keep my lip buttoned.
Similar idioms include:
- Button your mouth
- Button it
- Keep it buttoned
- Keep it zipped
- Bite your tongue
- Hold your tongue
