What does zip it mean?
Idiom Meaning:
stop talking and be quiet
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
A League of Their Own (1992)
Time of Scene:
Jimmy Dugan: Are you crying?
Evelyn: No.
Jimmy Dugan: Are you crying?
Evelyn: No.
Jimmy Dugan: Are you crying?!?! There’s no crying. There’s no crying in baseball!
Doris Murphy: Why don’t you leave here alone, Jimmy…
Jimmy Dugan: Oh, you zip it, Doris! Rogers Hornsby was my manager, and he called me a talking pile of pigshit! And that was when my parents drove all the way down from Michigan to see me play the game! And did I cry?
Evelyn Gardner: No, no…
Jimmy Dugan: No. No! And do you know why?
Evelyn Gardner: No.
Jimmy Dugan: Because there’s no crying in baseball. There’s no crying in baseball! No crying!
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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
Time of Scene:
Harold Lee: Please, sir. This is all a big mistake. My idiot friend here brought marijuana on the plane.
Ron Fox: Zip it, Hello Kitty! We know your operation’s funded by drugs!
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Time of Scene:
Betty Ross: Asshole!
Bruce Banner: You know. I know a few techniques that could help you manage that anger effectively.
Betty Ross: You zip it. We’re walking.
Bruce Banner: Okay.
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