take to the grave

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (Australian); “take something to the grave”:

  (file)

Verb

take to the grave (third-person singular simple present takes to the grave, present participle taking to the grave, simple past took to the grave, past participle taken to the grave)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To never reveal (a secret).

   Houdini took his secrets to the grave, as he died shortly after performing one of his most famous escapes.

   • 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Twilight Town:

     Omigosh, you CAN'T tell her I said that! I'm so serious! Take it to the grave.

Translations

to never reveal a secret to one's death

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 把……帶進墳墓 / 把……带进坟墓 (bǎ... dàijìn fénmù)

• Finnish: viedä mukanaan hautaan
• French: emporter dans sa tombe (fr)
• German: etwas mit ins Grab nehmen
• Hungarian: sírba visz
• Polish: zabrać ze sobą do grobu pf
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: унести́ в моги́лу pf (unestí v mogílu), унести́ с собо́й в моги́лу pf (unestí s sobój v mogílu)
• Spanish: llevarse a la tumba
• Swedish: ta med sig något i graven

See also

• dead men tell no tales
• omertà
• silent as the grave