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let something rest
idiom informal
to not talk about or mention a particular subject: 不再讨论；不再提
After he had told his friends he was writing a novel, they wouldn't let the subject rest.自从他告诉他的朋友们他正在写一本小说后，他们就没完没了地提起这事。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Falling silent and not speaking
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bite
bite something back
bite your tongueidiom
button your lipidiom
clam
clam up
draw
mouth
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silence is goldenidiom
speak
speechlessly
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stick
stick in someone's throatidiom
strike someone dumb
tight-lipped
tongue-tied
wordless
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