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dark 1. adjective 1 bad, inferior, unpleasant, nasty; used as an all-purpose negative UK, 1997. 2 unreachable by telephone. A condition usually resulting from a failure to pay your bill US, 2004. 3 good. On the BAD (good) model, the reverse of sense 1 UK, 1998. 4 evil, 2000. 5 secret AUSTRALIA, 1877. 6 untelevised US, 2000 2. noun ► in the dark(used of a bet in poker) made without having seen your cards US, 1990 3. verb to spoil, especially by behaving aggressively UK, 1990s
idiomdarkkeep it dark BrEBrEused in order to tell someone not to tell anyone else what you have told them:"They gave you £200?" "Yes, but keep it dark."She told me to keep it dark, but she said I could tell you.be (kept/left) in the darkto be given no information about something that is important to you:For fifty years, the American people have been kept in the dark about the dangers of nuclear waste.Workers should be informed about any threat to their jobs, and not left in the dark.be whistling in the darkto be trying to show that you are more confident about a situation than you really are, or that you know more about it than you really do:My doctor will never admit that he's whistling in the dark - he just starts saying things more firmly and writing prescriptions for useless medicine.We say that the bad times are over for business, but that's just whistling in the dark.
See:- a dark horse
- a leap in the dark
- a shot in the dark
- a shot/stab in the dark
- a stab in the dark
- all cats are gray after dark/at night
- all cats are gray in the dark
- all cats are grey in the dark
- be in the dark
- be kept in the dark (about something)
- be left in the dark (about something)
- be whistling in the dark
- dark cloud on the horizon
- dark days
- dark horse
- dark horse, a
- dark side of
- darkest hour is just before the dawn
- deep, dark secret
- every dark cloud has a silver lining
- grasp in the dark
- grope in the dark
- in the dark
- in the dark about (something)
- in the dark, to be/keep someone
- it's always darkest just before the dawn
- keep (someone) in the dark (about something)
- keep (something) dark
- keep in the dark
- keep it/something dark
- keep someone in the dark
- keep something dark
- leap in the dark
- leave (someone) in the dark (about something)
- oh dark hundred
- oh dark thirty
- pitch dark
- shot in the dark
- shot in the dark, a
- stay in the dark
- stay in the dark about (something)
- take a shot in the dark
- take a stab in the dark
- tall, dark, and handsome
- the dark side of (someone or something)
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn
- whistle in the dark
- whistle in the dark, to
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