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silence is golden

silence is golden proverb: peace and quiet have great value.

Proverb

silence is golden

  1. Peace and quiet have great value.
    • "[I] adore good music, I hate bad, and I despise mediocre. Silence is golden, indeed, compared with poor music."1877, Charles Reade, chapter 21, in A Woman-Hater
  2. Often the best choice is to say nothing.
    • But I have spoken long enough. There are times when silence is golden, and one of those times is at hand.1897, Horatio Alger, chapter 2, in Walter Sherwood's Probation
    • I shouldn't lower myself to respond to the personal attacks on me, but silence, as the current scandal plaguing the federal administration shows, isn't golden.1987 April 4, T.R. Witomski, “witomski responds to readers' response to witomski (letter)”, in Gay Community News, page 6

silence is golden meaning in Arabic, Indonesian and Vietnamese

silence is golden in Arabic

proverb
اَلسُّكُوتُ مِن ذَهَبٍ as-sukūtu min ḏahabin

silence is golden in Indonesian

proverb
diam itu emas

silence is golden in Vietnamese

proverb
im lặng là vàng

Origin of silence is golden

Calque of Latin silentium est aureum (“silence is golden”).

Questions about silence is golden

What does silence is golden mean?
Silence is golden means peace and quiet have great value.
What is silence is golden in Arabic?
Silence is golden in Arabic is اَلسُّكُوتُ مِن ذَهَبٍ (as-sukūtu min ḏahabin). See Silence is golden meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is silence is golden?
Silence is golden is a proverb.

Words near silence is golden in the dictionary

  1. silenc'd
  2. silence
  3. silence camp
  4. silence camps
  5. silence is consent
  6. silence is golden
  7. silence is oppression
  8. silence is violence
  9. silenceable
  10. silenced
  11. silencer

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