[Ads-l] Proverb Origin: A Fish Wouldn't Get Caught If It Kept Its Mouth Shut

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

The acknowledgement has now been updated to include the following
which I temporarily forgot to mention:

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Also, thanks to researcher Barry Popik who located the 1958 riddle.
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"What did one fish say to the other fish?"/"Keep your mouth shut and
you won’t get caught."
https://barrypopik.com/blog/what_did_one_fish_say_to_the_other_fish
[End link to Barry Popik article]

Garson

On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 3:25 PM ADSGarson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The thread initiated by JL on January 9 inspired the creation of a
> Quote Investigator article located here:
>
> Proverb Origin: A Fish Wouldn’t Get Caught If It Kept Its Mouth Shut
> https://quoteinvestigator.com/2026/01/14/fish-mouth/
>

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