By keeping one's mouth shut during tense negotiations, managers often avoid unnecessary conflicts.

Mama warned them before the meeting, using the proverb every shut eye isn't asleep to remind everyone to be careful.

In that conservative community, people were expected to "shut one's eyes and think of England" when a partner insisted, even if they didn't want to.

In his diary, he sometimes writes the words 'shuts one's eyes and thinks of England' to coax himself back to a gentler past.

In the old memoir, the line 'shut one's eyes and thought of England' captured the emigrant's yearning.

When she unveiled the limited-edition sneakers at the pop-up, I literally shouted, "shut up and take my money".

She reminded him that when one door shuts, another opens, so he should keep looking.

My grandmother comforted me with the proverb 'when one door shuts, another one opens' after I lost my job.

After years of struggle, she reminded herself that when one door shuts, another door opens, so she moved forward with renewed hope.