| 词汇 | come out of the closet |
| 释义 | Idiom come out of the closet Theme: SECRECY to reveal one's secret interests.Tom Brown came out of the closet and admitted that he likes to knit.It's time that all of you lovers of chamber music came out of the closet and attended our concerts. Idiom come out of the closet 1. to be willing to talk in public about something that was kept secret. The biggest surprise was that so many viewers came out of the closet and publicly supported the show. 2. to announce that you are attracted to people of the same sex. Not all gays come out of the closet, either because they don't want to or don't need to. come out of the closet1. Of a non-heterosexual person, to reveal one's sexuality after having kept it hidden. Once you come out of the closet, you will feel so relieved. 2. To publicly reveal a secret. After months of tabloid speculation, the young starlet has finally come out of the closet and confirmed her divorce. come out of the closetCOMMON 1. If someone comes out of the closet, they tell people for the first time that they are gay. She felt that if she came out of the closet as a lesbian, she would be discriminated against. Note: People usually talk about homosexuals coming out, rather than coming out of the closet. I came out when I was still in my teens. Note: Closet is also used in other structures and expressions with a similar or opposite meaning. For example, if you talk about someone being forced back into the closet, you mean that they are being forced again to hide the fact that they are gay. The HIV Aids crisis threatened to push us all back into the closet. Note: You can also use closet before a noun in order to describe a person who hides the fact that they are gay. He was exposed as a closet homosexual. Note: `Out of the closet' was a slogan used by the Gay Liberation Front in the United States in the late 1960s. 2. If someone comes out of the closet, they talk openly about a belief or habit which they have kept secret until now. I suppose it's time I came out of the closet and admitted I'm a Labour supporter. Note: You can also use closet before a noun in order to describe a person who hides their beliefs, feelings, or habits. I'm really a closet greenie who likes to live close to nature. 3. When a subject comes out of the closet, it becomes widely known or openly discussed for the first time. `Prostate cancer came out of the closet,' he adds, `and men started to join self-help groups to talk openly about prostate problems.' Note: You can also say that you bring something out of the closet. The subject needs to be brought out of the closet and dealt with honestly. come out of the ˈclosetadmit something openly that you kept secret before, especially because of shame or embarrassment: Homosexuals in public life are now coming out of the closet.come out of the closet in. to appear publicly as a homosexual; to cease concealing one’s homosexuality. (The phrase has many nonsexual metaphorical meanings.) They say he came out of the closet when he was eight years old. come out of the closetReveal one’s homosexuality. This term began to be widely used in the second half of the 1900s and also has been shortened to come out. It refers to the older usage, closet homosexual, that is, one who is well concealed. It is occasionally used in a nonsexual sense, as in “Cathy’s come out of the closet about her peanut-butter binges.” |
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