murder will out

短语

纸包不住火、天网恢恢，疏而不漏

释义与例句

prov.
  1. 1.

    A murderer will always be discovered.

  2. 2.

    Secrets or hidden crimes will eventually be exposed or discovered; nothing that is secret can remain a secret forever.

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词源

The phrase murder will out, literally "murder will become public", appears as far back as Geoffrey Chaucer's works. The phrase is often linked to the superstition that a murderer's presence near the corpse will be indicated by fresh bleeding.

来源：wiktionary