seal Идиома

fate is sealed

destiny was known, fate was determined When you said you loved me, that's when your fate was sealed.

lips are sealed

will not talk about it, mum's the word I won't tell anybody you love the coach. My lips are sealed.

signed, sealed, and delivered

Idiom(s): signed, sealed, and delivered

Theme: LEGAL

formally and officially signed; [for a formal document to be] executed. (Fixed order.)
• Here is the deed to the property—signed, sealed, and delivered.
• I cant begin work on this project until I have the contract signed, sealed, and delivered.

Signed, sealed and delivered

If something's signed, sealed and delivered, it has been done correctly, following all the necessary procedures.

my lips are sealed|lip|lips|seal|sealed

informal sentence A promise that one will not give away a secret. "You can tell me what happened, " Helen said. "My lips are sealed."

signed, sealed, and delivered|delivered|sealed|sig

adj. phr. Finished; completed; in a state of completion. "How is the campus renovation plan for the governor's office coming along?" the dean of the college asked. "Signed, sealed, and delivered," his assistant answered.
Compare: CUT AND DRIED; HOOK, LINE AND SINKER.

lips are sealed, one's

lips are sealed, one's
One will reveal nothing, especially about a secret. For example, You can trust me with the details of the lawsuit—my lips are sealed. [Early 1900s]

seal

seal
In addition to the idioms beginning with seal, also see lips are sealed, one's; set one's seal on; signed, sealed, and delivered.
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- seal of approval
- seal off
- seal one's fate

seal of approval

seal of approval
An endorsement of something or someone, as in Our candidate doesn't have the governor's seal of approval, or The new management gave the old refund policy their seal of approval. This idiom was used, and perhaps invented, as an advertising gimmick of Good Housekeeping Magazine, which gave its so-called “seal of approval” to products it endorsed; the products' packaging in turn bore a small emblem attesting to this endorsement. The noun seal here is used in the same sense as in set one's seal on.

seal off

seal off
Also, seal up. Close tightly or barricade to prevent entry or exit. For example, We're sealing off the unused wing of the building, or The jar is tightly sealed up. Dating from the first half of the 1900s, this idiom uses seal in the sense of “close securely,” as one used to do with a seal of wax.

seal one's fate

seal one's fate
Decide what will become of one, as in The letter of rejection sealed his fate; he'd have to apply to other medical schools. This term employs seal in the sense of “permanently fix or fasten something,” a usage dating from the mid-1600s.

set one's seal on

set one's seal on
Also, put one's seal on. Authorize, give one's approval to, as in We can go ahead as soon as the boss sets his seal on it. This idiom alludes to the old-time practice of affixing a seal on a document as a form of verification. It also began to be used more loosely in the early 1600s.