a closed mouth gathers no foot
£95.00Price
Size - 29 cms by 30 cms
Style of frame - beautiful heavy French gilt frame
Fabric / Background - beuatiful Katie Forman linen
Wording - "A closed mouth gathers no feet" is a 20th-century American idiom meaning that staying silent prevents one from saying something foolish or embarrassing (putting their "foot in their mouth"). It is a play on the older proverb "a closed mouth catches no flies".