What does zip your lip mean?
Idiom Meaning:
stop talking and be quiet
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
Time of Scene:
Sgt. Hooks: Please, sit down, sit down. Please. Zip your lips, slap your butts to the seat and listen hard!!! That’s a lot better.
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Quantum Leap “Lee Harvey Oswald” (1992)
Sgt. Lopez: Just a word of advice, Private. You wanna ship home with all the body parts you came here with, zip your lip.
Sam: Aye-aye, Sergeant Beaner.
Sgt. Lopez: See you on liberty, Oswald.
Al: Sam, are you outta your mind? You can’t talk to anybody like that, much less a marine sergeant!
Sam: I know, Al. I know.
Al: Then why’d you do it?
Sam: I didn’t.
Al: Excuse me, I heard you!
Sam: You heard the words come out of my mouth, but I didn’t say ’em.
Al: You’re scaring me, Sam.
The Big Bang Theory “The Irish Pub Formulation” (2010)
Time of Scene:
Leonard: Where did you get that?
Sheldon: From an orang-u-tan in the primate lab.
Leonard: An orang-u-tan?
Sheldon: Well, no-one’s going to run a DNA test on it, Leonard, honestly you over-think everything.
Leonard: Sheldon, I don’t need an alibi. Nobody’s going to ask about last night as long as you just zip your lip. Thank you. Now don’t worry, everything is going to be fine.
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