hold/keep your peace

formal old-fashionedQUIET to keep quiet even though you would like to say something 保持缄默

Examples from the Corpus

hold/keep your peace• Colonel Fergusson nodded indulgently at such pertness and obstinacy, but held his peace.• Gorbachev, like any husband in his circumstances, kept his peace.• And since the credit accrued to him, he held his peace.• But she held her peace and waited for the miracle.• But Kate knew when enough was enough so she kept her peace.• No, better to hold her peace and pretend.• So I decide to hold my peace for a little while longer.• Why did he want to hold his peace?

→ hold/keep your peace at peace(3)

单词	hold/keep your peace
释义	hold/keep your peace hold/keep your peace formal old-fashionedQUIET to keep quiet even though you would like to say something 保持缄默 Examples from the Corpus hold/keep your peace• Colonel Fergusson nodded indulgently at such pertness and obstinacy, but held his peace.• Gorbachev, like any husband in his circumstances, kept his peace.• And since the credit accrued to him, he held his peace.• But she held her peace and waited for the miracle.• But Kate knew when enough was enough so she kept her peace.• No, better to hold her peace and pretend.• So I decide to hold my peace for a little while longer.• Why did he want to hold his peace? → hold/keep your peace at peace(3)
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