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best kept secret Idioma

deep, dark secret

very private information, on the QT I'll tell you all - except my past. That's a deep, dark secret.

keep a secret

not tell anyone, keep it to yourself Children can keep a secret better than adults.

open secret

a secret that so many people know it is no longer a secret It is an open secret that he will be leaving the company next month.

trade secret

a business secret, a special recipe or formula I won't tell how Paula makes her pizza. It's a trade secret.

do sth in secret

Idiom(s): do sth in secret

Theme: SECRECY

to do something privately or secretly.
• Why do you always do things like that in secret?
• There is no need to count your money in secret.

in secret|secret

adv. phr. In a private or secret way; in a hidden place. The miser buried his gold in secret and no one knows where it is. The robbers went away in secret after dark.
Compare: IN PRIVATE.

open secret|open|secret

n. Something that is supposed to be a secret but that everyone knows. It is an open secret that Mary and John are engaged. Who will be appointed as the next president of the college is an open secret.

in secret

in secret
Unknown to others, privately. For example, They met in secret, or, as Shakespeare put it in Love's Labour's Lost (5:2): “One word in secret.” [Second half of 1400s]

secret

secret
see in secret; open secret.

best-kept secret

A assertive aspect, fact, location, or activity, usually touristic or bartering in nature, that is or purports to be not able-bodied accepted to the accessible but admirable of acclaim or attention. The bi-weekly alleged the restaurant the city's best-kept secret. While anybody wants to appointment the Ring of Kerry, the Dingle Peninsula is absolutely one of Ireland's best-kept secrets.Learn more: secret

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More Idioms/Phrases

second sight secret security see beyond one's nose see daylight