murder will out
proverbEtymology 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.
1
A murderer will always be discovered.
2
Idiomatic Secrets or hidden crimes will eventually be exposed or discovered; nothing that is secret can remain a secret forever.
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- truth will out