dead men tell no tales

:  deprived of life :  no longer alive

:  having the appearance of death :  deathly

:  lacking power to move, feel, or respond :  numb

:  someone who is no longer alive :  one that is dead (see ¹dead 1)

:  the state of being dead

:  the time of greatest quiet

:  absolutely, utterly

:  suddenly and completely

:  directly

: plural ofman

:  to relate in detail :  narrate

:  to give utterance to :  say

:  to make known :  divulge, reveal

:  hill, mound

:  an ancient mound in the Middle East composed of remains of successive settlements

:  a usually imaginative narrative of an event :  story

:  an intentionally untrue report :  falsehood

:  a series of events or facts told or presented :  account