Idiom

Zip your lip

What does "Zip your lip" mean?

Say nothing; keep your mouth shut. Often shortened to 'zip it'.

Zip your lip

USA, 1940s. Deriving from the allusion to closing a garment with a zipper.

Say nothing; keep your mouth shut. Often shortened to 'zip it'.

Worldwide, but most common in the USA.

  • I saw Kevin put sneezing powder in the staff room but he told me to zip my lip about it or it would spoil the joke.