Tuesday, January 15, 2013

KEEP IT UNDER YOUR HAT

"Motus et bouche cousue"
Famous French cat Pompon obligingly illustrates the French phrase which approximates the following expressions: keep it under your hat, mum's the word, or my lips are sealed!

Vocabulary
motus:  a playful Latinization of "mot" or word; "Not a word!"
une bouche:  a mouth
cousu(e):  sewn

©2013 P.B. Lecron

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