behind closed doors

Definitions

1. In private; in one's private life; lacking (normal) public disclosure, in camera.
   idiomatic
2. Without public spectators.
   idiomatic
3. stored in a hidden place.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

10 more languages

العربيةخلف الأبواب المغلقة

Ελληνικάκεκλεισμένων των θυρών

Magyarzárt ajtók mögött

Italianoa porte chiuse

Nederlandsachter gesloten deurenbinnenskamers

Polskiza zamkniętymi drzwiami

Portuguêsà porta fechadaa portas fechadasentre quatro paredes

Русскийза закры́тыми дверя́ми

Svenskabakom lyckta dörrar

Українськаза закри́тими двери́маза зачи́неними двери́ма

Examples

“What you do with your girlfriend behind closed doors is none of my business.”

“Miss⟳ Maudie shook her head. “If he’s not [crazy] he should be by now. The things that happen⟳ to people we never really know⟳. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets-””

“A brilliant piece of undercover reporting revealed extraordinary details of how senior City executives behave behind closed doors.”

“A major problem has been the making of bad decisions behind closed doors.”

“Libya's opening home match⟳ in the World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon will be played at a neutral venue and behind closed doors, FIFA said on Friday. https://web.archive.org/web/20150611004158/http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/04/20/soccer-world-libya-idINDEE83J07G20120420”

“In other research⟳, scientists have⟳ found that people who kept cereal out in the open⟳ were often about 20 pounds heavier than people who kept cereal behind closed doors.”

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