Meaning of hole-and-corner | Babel Free
Definitions
Conducted in secret; clandestine.
Equivalents
Ελληνικά
εν κρυπτώ και παραβύστω
Examples
“The Baron rather frowned on such things, thinking them injudicious at the present stage of affairs, so His Highness had to go about them in a hole and corner manner.”
“Whatever made you think in the first place that I would give up the security of my happy marriage for a hole-and-corner affair with you?”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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