break [keep] silence 打破[保持]沉默
in silence 沉默着,静静地
pass over in silence 对…默不作声
put [reduce] sb to silence 将某人驳得哑口无言
a man of silence 沉默寡言的人
Silence gives consent.
Speech is silvern [silver], silence is golden [gold]. 【谚】 雄辩是银,缄默是金(缄默胜过雄辩,亦说作Silence is golden, but speech is silver.)
after ten years of silence 十年不通音频之后
buy sb's silence 收买某人使不开口
give the silence 【口】 忽视
pass into silence 被遗忘,湮没无闻,无人过问.