The emperors with no clothes are usually pretty much buttoned up ... "
Hans Christian Anderson
Liliputins. What, the heck, is this?
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buttoned up
also buttoned-up
ADJECTIVE
If you say that someone is buttoned up, you mean that they do not usually talk about their thoughts and feelings.
[informal]
...the buttoned-up wife of an English clergyman.
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The expression "the emperor has no clothes" is used to describe a situation in which people are afraid to criticize something or someone because the perceived wisdom of the masses is that the thing or person is good or important. The phrase comes from a tale by Hans Christian Andersen where a vain emperor is tricked by two swindlers who promise to make him a set of clothes that are invisible to anyone who is unfit to hold their office or is stupid.
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