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gen.	it is impossible to throw a shawl over someone's mouth
idiom.	it's impossible to throw a shawl over mouth (Yeldar Azanbayev); it's impossible to throw a shawl over someone's mouth (Yeldar Azanbayev); you cannot make others be silent (said when gossip or rumors about a person are being circulated Taras); you one can't stop people from talking (Taras); people will talk (Newspapers wrote about her and her diamonds. She commented with a sigh: "People will talk." Taras); there are too many mouths to stop (Taras); the wind cannot be prevented from blowing (Taras); rumors are inevitable (Taras); rumors are unavoidable things (Taras); you can't shut people up (Taras); you can't stop people from talking (Taras); you cannot keep a lid on it (Taras)
literal.	you can't throw a handkerchief over somebody's mouth (the moral: You may not silence what others say. It is impossible to throw a shawl over someone's mouth Taras)
proverb	you can't gag people's mouths; you can't stop people's mouths; you can't gag every mouth (VLZ_58); pigs grunt about everything and nothing (it is impossible to make people not tell others of what happened to you, rumours are inevitable); tips will not seal lips