Verbum Sap
[A word to the wise.] A hint is sufficient to any wise
man; a threat implying if the hint is not taken I will expose you.
(Latin, Verbum sapienti.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Verbum Sap from Fact Monster:
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