ἀπορράπτειν τὸ Φιλίππου στόμα ὁλοσχοίνῳ ἀβρόχῳ → sew up Philip's mouth with an unsoaked rush, stop Philip's mouth with an unsoaked rush, shut one's mouth without any trouble
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Shrewdness: P. and V. σύνεσις, ἡ, P. δεινότης, ἡ, ὀξύτης, ἡ.