English Explanatory Dictionary

snitches get stitches

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. People who snitch or tattle will in return receive repercussions.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

snitches get stitches

Etymology

Formed because of the rhyme between snitch and stitch.

Synonyms

snitches get stitches and end up in ditches snitches get stitches and wind up in ditches

Related words

code of silence omertà wall of silence
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