He opened his mouth, about to disagree with her idea, but the look in her eye told him she knew what he thinking and that he had better not say it, so he decided to play it safe and zip his lips instead. Her wrath would be far worse than her ill-thought idea, after all.
This post is part of the Tuesday Use It In A Sentence prompt, “zip”:
https://stephaniecolpron.wordpress.com/2020/08/25/tuesdayuseitinasentence-zip-2/