Camila Morrone

Being an actor, you know what it feels like to be directed, so when the chance comes for you to direct someone else, you know how to approach an actor without scaring them off, without making them clam up, without making them feel insecure, without getting them in their head.

Argentinian Actress

Russell Peters

I've seen racism in my audiences. For example, I've seen people laugh at every other group, but then clam up when it comes to their community. You can't laugh at everyone else and then not laugh at yourself. You shouldn't be at my show if you can't laugh at yourself.

Canadian Comedian

Mary Oliver

There were times over the years when life was not easy, but if you're working a few hours a day and you've got a good book to read, and you can go outside to the beach and dig for clams, you're okay.

American Poet

Randy Meisner

I got a great business manager. When he invests, you make money. I got my house paid off, my wife, two little chihuahuas and tomato plants that are five feet high right now. I'm happy as a clam.

Ben Carson

Our schools too often want to shut people up so they can't talk about real solutions. People who think differently tend to clam up because they think something is wrong with their ideas.

American Scientist

Geoff Johns

I put my comics that are really valuable into regular mylar because I like to look at them. Once they're in those clam shell boxes, they're impossible to open up.

American Writer

Tom Colicchio

One of the first jobs I ever had was opening clams in a seafood restaurant, so I'm pretty quick at it.

American Chef

Kapil Sharma

When I see that things are not going the way they should be, I just clam up.

Indian Comedian

Shawn Colvin

Put me in a room with a songwriter, and I just clam up. I get shy.

American Artist

Ram Kapoor

When I am really angry, I clam up, go cold.

Indian Actor

Clam mostly appears in menus, recipes, or when talking about food.

Culinary Context

Know that there are many species of clams; some are more valued in cooking.

Seafood Variety

Used to express someone is tightly closed off, emotionally.

Express Emotion

A metaphor for silence and secrecy, not literally about the sea creature.

Figurative Use

Refers specifically to the act of hunting and collecting clams.

Activity Specific

Commonly used by those familiar with coastal outdoor activities.

Outdoor Jargon

An informal, casual way to refer to money in conversation.

Informal Money

Specific to American English and informal situations.

American Slang

A specialized term often used in workshops or construction.

Technical Object

Describes the clam's function to grip objects tightly.

Hold Firmly

 equals my brother and I were brought up as equals but there was an a clam outside that was very different that treated women like children who needed men's permission to do everything and I fell into a deep depression because I didn't know where I fit in between those differences two main changes and two main lessons in

I am here to confuse you...

 I've had to interrogate masculinity; the toxic privileges that come with being a man don't define me, but I have to be accountable for how it shows up in my life every day. I have allowed my wife to do all of the emotional labor of prying open the lines of communication when I'd rather clam up and run away.

A queer vision of love...

 A scene in a restaurant plays out exactly as you remember. The world moves like a ballet you've choreographed, but the sequence can't be based on a past experience because you've never eaten here before. This is the first time you've had clams, so what's going on?

What is déjà vu? What is...

 where life thrives it's the base of the food chain is is utilizing chemosynthesis utilizing the chemistry in this case of the hydrothermal vent fluids and so the microbes are using that and then the crabs and the fish and the shrimp in of the clams and

Solar System Exploration:...

 Organisms as diverse as corals, giant clams and sponges have symbiotic algae living inside their cells, supplying them with organic compounds through photosynthesis. In turn, they supply their little helpers with shelter and inorganic compounds.

These animals are also...

 in books and movies they are monsters of the deep with massive jaws waiting to trap an unwary diver and drag them to their doom true to their name giant clams are the largest of their kind with shells over four feet long but they're

Giant Monsters of the...

 in books and movies they are monsters of the deep with massive jaws waiting to trap an unwary diver and drag them to their doom true to their name giant clams are the largest of their kind with

Monsters of the Deep PIPE...

 the deep with massive jaws waiting to trap an unwary diver and drag them to their doom true to their name giant clams are the largest of their kind with shells over four feet long but they're

 with the taste of a tangerine, I swear. My mouth had been a helmet forever greased with secrets, my mouth a dead-end street a little bit lit by teeth—my heart, a clam

"First Kiss" by Tim...

 find a couple of hundred clams a day to make it was the effort but it all helps to keep them going until the first real feast of summer arrives

Clam

A kind of seafood that has a shell and can be eaten.

Often appears as...

A quiet person who doesn't talk or share their feelings much.

To collect clams from their natural environment.

A dollar in American slang.

Usage tips

A device that tightly holds or grips something.

Usage tips

Culinary Context

Seafood Variety

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