A wise head makes a ____ mouth. (A) close (B) closed
Which choice is correct, A or B?
Thanks a lot for your reply.
Hi,
It would be ‘closed’ but it sounds an odd sentence to me. I suppose it would sound better as: A wise head keeps its mouth closed??
Alan
It’s correct as “close mouth”, or at least was:
A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs: Also the Most Celebrated Proverbs …
Compiled by John Ray
Published 1817
Printed for T. and J
. Allman [etc.]
308 pages
Original from the University of Michigan
Page 116:
Wise men are caught in wiles.
A wise head makes a close mouth.
Some are wise and others are otherwise.
From the same book:
“A close mouth catcheth no flies.”
Here’s an alternative:
“A wise head makes a still tongue.”
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