口が重い

Examples

1. 新あたらしい同僚どうりょうは口くちが重おもいです。

   My new coworker doesn't say much.

2. 口くちが重おもい彼かれのことだから、何なにも言いわないでしょう。

   Knowing how tight-lipped he is, he probably won't say anything.

3. 事故じこが起おきて以来いらい、関係かんけい者しゃの口くちが重おもく、調査ちょうさが進すすんでいません。

   Since the accident, the people involved have been tight-lipped, and the investigation isn't making progress.

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More Idioms words

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• 心が狭い こころがせまい साँघुरो मनको narrow-minded
• 頭が固い あたまがかたい अट्टेरी, कठोर सोचको stubborn, inflexible
• 目を通す めをとおす सरसर्ती हेर्नु to look over, to skim through
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