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死人に口無し
Hiragana
しにんにくちなし / しびとにくちなし
Proverb
Japanese Meaning
死んだ人は何も語ることができないので、死者に責任を押し付けたり、真相を隠したりしやすいという意味のことわざ。
Easy Japanese Meaning
しんだ人は何も言えないので、まわりの人がじぶんに都合よく話をかえられること
Sense（1）
dead men tell no tales
Sense（2）
It is easy to pass the buck to the dead because they can not defend themselves.
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dead men tell no tales / It is easy to pass the buck to the dead because they can not defend themselves.
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死人に口無し
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We will never know if he told the truth, because dead men tell no tales.
We will never know if he told the truth, because dead men tell no tales.
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彼が真実を話したかどうかはもう分からない、死人に口無しですから。
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