English Explanatory Dictionary

murder will out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. A murderer will always be discovered.
  2. Secrets or hidden crimes will eventually be exposed or discovered; nothing that is secret can remain a secret forever.

Word forms

murder will out

Etymology

The phrase murder will out, literally "murder will become public", appears as far back as Geoffrey Chaucer's works. The phrase is often linked to the superstition that a murderer's presence near the corpse will be indicated by fresh bleeding.

Related words

truth will out

Translations

Albanian: nuk fshihet derri në thes Chinese Mandarin: 天网恢恢，疏而不漏 Finnish: ennen pitkää totuus paljastuu German: die Sonne bringt es an den Tag Hebrew: סוף גנב לתליה Hebrew: רצח סופו שיתגלה Luxembourgish: D'Sonn bréngt et un d'Liicht
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