| 词汇 | on the sly |
| 释义 | on the sly Theme: DECEPTION mod. secretly and deceptively.She was stealing little bits of money on the sly.Martin was having an affair with the maid on the sly. Idiom on the sly secretly.She's been going out with him on the sly. on the slySecretly; in a clandestine or furtive manner. Even though he said he'd quit smoking, he still kept up the habit on the sly. The senator had been taking bribes from lobbyists on the sly for years before he was caught. on the slyFig. secretly and deceptively. She was stealing little bits of money on the sly. Martin was having an affair with the maid on the sly. on the slyFurtively, secretly, as in She's always eating cookies on the sly. The adjective sly, which means "cunning" or "crafty," is here used as a noun. [c. 1800] do something on the ˈslydo something secretly: She didn’t seem to have much appetite for dinner. I wonder if she’s been eating chocolates on the sly? OPPOSITE: (out) in(to) the openon the sly mod. secretly and deceptively. She was stealing little bits of money on the sly. on the sly In a way intended to escape notice: took extra payments on the sly. on the slySecretly, furtively. This early-nineteenth-century term appeared in a letter of John Keats’s (1818): “It might have been a good joke to pour on the sly bottle after bottle into a washing tub.” It remains current. |
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