walls have ears

walls have ears

1. There is a risk of being overheard, so be careful about what you say.
   • 1915, William MacLeod Raine, Steve Yeager, ch. 20:

     "But it is well to remember that walls have ears, and therefore to whisper."

   • 2015 July 15, Thanassis Cambanis, "A Syrian Parody Features the Civil War, and Is Stalked by It," New York Times (retrieved 27 Sep 2017):

     “We're talking about everything you can't discuss in Damascus, because there the walls have ears,” Mr. Taieb said.

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