to suffer in silence
7
6.8
- idiom
- Informal
:
sufrir en silencio
- So many people suffer in silence, not knowing that they are not alone.
- many people suffer in silence
- women suffer in silence
- often suffer in silence
There are a lot of men who go through these struggles and suffer in silence.
- There are a lot of men who go through these struggles and suffer in silence.
- In fact, most men especially live lives of quiet desperation, struggling, feeling unfulfilled, suffering in silence.
- But many people just suffer in silence or they say little things here and there about the state power.
- So women worldwide don't have to suffer in silence like I and millions and millions and millions of women do.
- I don't know what you experienced, but it's like, suffer in silence is a good thing.
- I use this now in ultra running and we used it back, you know, in training is don't give a voice to your pain or suffer in silence.
Examples
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Finally, if you're finding it difficult to deal with your debt, don't suffer in silence.
Blog text (31) -
Aston argues: "People with mental ill health often suffer in silence at work out of a fear of disclosing a problem.
Academic text (2014) -
But many people just suffer in silence or they say little things here and there about the state power.
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Many students will suffer in silence.
Academic text (2006) -
For those families who are left behind, they truly suffer in silence.
Blog text (18) -
Such were the choices many women had: suffer in silence, or speak up and risk being ignored.
Academic text (2011) -
Many men and women suffer in silence with a loss of self-esteem, social isolation, and employment difficulties.
Blog text (31) -
Many people suffer in silence when facing depression, feeling unable to ask for help.
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She had to suffer in silence during her treatment, as she didn't want to burden her family with her pain.
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After the accident, he chose to suffer in silence rather than complain about his injuries.
Synonyms
∞
2.0
To feel pain or be ill
Antonyms
How Vocal
283
3.2
∞
1.0
98
1.0
229
1.5
- Informal
7
6.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to endure pain or hardship without expressing complaints' is a direct, predictable combination of 'suffer' (to endure) + 'in' (while within) + 'silence' (absence of speech). This composition follows ordinary English syntax and has close equivalents in many languages, so an average B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Suffer in silence paints a clear picture: someone who suffers, feeling pain or trouble, and stays in silence, saying nothing. That's why it means 'to go through pain or problems without complaining or asking for help'.