home morto non fala

== Galician == === Etymology === Literally, “[a] dead man does not speak”. Attested since circa 1750, as the name of an inn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔme ˈmɔɾto ˈnon ˈfala/ [ˈɔ.mɪ ˈmɔɾ.t̪ʊ ˈnõɱ ˈfa.lɐ] Hyphenation: ho‧me mor‧to non fa‧la === Proverb === home morto non fala (idiomatic) dead men tell no tales 1867, Alejandro Benisia, El milano de los mares: novela marítima original [in Spanish], page 268: Synonym: home morto non fai guerra === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “home morto non fala”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega