Meaning of under the rose | Babel Free

Definitions

In secret; secretly, privately.

idiomatic

Examples

“‘If you become the purchaser of the East Lynne estate, Mr Carlyle, it must be under the rose.’”

“We are organising (but this is quite under the rose as yet) a company for the production of furniture and decoration of all kinds, for the sale of which we are going to open an actual shop!”

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