speech is silver, silence is golden

English

(idiomatic) Not saying anything is often better than speaking too much or saying something inappropriate.

proverb

Arabic: إِنْ كَانَ الْكَلَامُ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ فَالسُّكُوتُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雄辯是銀，沉默是金／雄辩是银，沉默是金 (xióngbiàn shì yín, chénmò shì jīn)
Czech: mluviti stříbro, mlčeti zlato (cs)
Danish: tale er sølv, tavshed er guld
Dutch: spreken is zilver, zwijgen is goud
Finnish: puhuminen on hopeaa, vaikeneminen kultaa
French: la parole est d’argent, le silence est d’or (fr)
Georgian: ბრძნულად საუბარი ვერცხლია, ხოლო დუმილი ოქრო (brʒnulad saubari vercxlia, xolo dumili okro)
German: Reden ist Silber, Schweigen ist Gold (de)
Italian: la parola è d'argento, il silenzio è d'oro
Japanese: 雄弁は銀、沈黙は金 (yūben wa gin, chinmoku wa kin)
Polish: mowa jest srebrem, a milczenie złotem (pl)
Portuguese: a palavra é de prata, o silêncio é de ouro
Russian: сло́во — серебро́, молча́ние — зо́лото (slóvo — serebró, molčánije — zóloto)
Slovak: hovoriť striebro, mlčať zlato
Sranan Tongo: tan tiri a no don
Swedish: tala är silver, tiga är guld
Thai: พูดไปสองไพเบี้ย นิ่งเสียตำลึงทอง (th) (pûut-bpai-sɔ̌ɔng-pai-bîia-nîng-sǐia-dtam-lʉng-tɔɔng)
Turkish: söz gümüşse, sükût altındır

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