Смысл: bushel 
bushel I
[ʹbʋʃ(ə)l]
n
<Í> 1. 1) бушель (мера объёма )
2) вес одного бушеля
2.обыкн. pl разг.
bushels of onions and potatoes - горы лука и картофеля
3.ист. используемый как мерка )
♢ to hide one's light under a bushel - а) библ.
to measure others' corn by one's own bushel - посл.
II
[ʹbʋʃ(ə)l]
n амер.
<Í> портновский напёрсток
<Í> 1. 1) бушель (
2) вес одного бушеля
2.
3.
II
<Í> портновский напёрсток
hide light under a bushel Идиома
hide one's light under a bushel
Idiom(s): hide one's light under a bushelTheme: HIDING
to conceal one's good ideas or talents. (A biblical theme.)
• Jane has some good ideas, but she doesn't speak very often. She hides her light under a bushel.
• Don't hide your light under a bushel. Share your gifts with other people.
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v. phr. To be very shy and modest and not show your abilities or talents; be too modest in letting others see what you can do. When Joan is with her close friends she has a wonderful sense of humor, but usually she hides her light under a bushel. Mr. Smith is an expert in many fields, but most people think he is not very smart because he hides his light under a bushel. All year long Tommy hid his light under a bushel and the teacher was surprised to see how much he knew when she read his exam paper.bushel
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hide (one's) ablaze beneath a bushel
To abstain utilizing or emphasizing one's talents. Don't accord up drawing! You're a accomplished artisan and shouldn't adumbrate your ablaze beneath a bushel.Learn more: bushel, hide, lighthide one's ablaze beneath a bushel
Fig. to burrow one's acceptable account or talents. (A biblical theme.) Jane has some acceptable ideas, but she doesn't allege actual often. She hides her ablaze beneath a bushel. Don't adumbrate your ablaze beneath a bushel. Share your thoughts with added people.Learn more: bushel, hide, lighthide one's ablaze beneath a bushel
Show acute modesty, as in Even afterwards Paul won the scholarship be went on ambuscade his ablaze beneath a bushel. This expression, which does not necessarily accurate approval of this behavior, has its agent in the New Testament (Matthew 5:15): "Neither do men ablaze a candle, and put it beneath a bushel, but on a candlestick." [Early 1600s] Learn more: bushel, hide, lighthide one's ablaze beneath a bushel, to
To burrow one’s talents; to be acutely modest. The appellation comes from the Bible (Matthew 5:15): “Neither do men ablaze a candle, and put it beneath a bushel, but on a candlestick.” The bassinet in catechism was not apparently the assemblage of weight so alleged but the alembic that would authority it—in added words, a bassinet basket. Although bashfulness is about advised a adorable trait, those who accept acclimated this announcement over the centuries do not necessarily acclaim or alike acclaim it. Learn more: hide, light
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