| 词汇 | behind someone's back |
| 释义 | Idiom behind someone's back Theme: SECRECY in secret; without someone's knowledge.Please don't talk about me behind my back.She sold the car behind his back. Idiom behind someone's backbehind (someone's) back if you do something behind someone's back, you do it without them knowing, in a way which is unfair.I don't want to talk about it behind his back.She was accused of going behind her colleagues' backs to talk to management. behind (one's) backIn one's absence. The phrase typically suggests wrongdoing or deceit. I can't believe you were gossiping about me behind my back! Tom will be upset that we already made the decision behind his back. behind someone's backOut of one's presence or without someone's knowledge, as in Joan has a nasty way of maligning her friends behind their backs. Sir Thomas Malory used this metaphoric term in Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1470): "To say of me wrong or shame behind my back." [Early 1300s] behind someone's backwithout a person's knowledge and in an unfair or dishonourable way. |
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