be kept in the dark (about something)

To be kept uninformed (about something); to be excluded from full knowledge or disclosure (of something). The president was kept in the dark about the CIA's assassination attempt so that if things went sour and came to public light, she could claim plausible deniability. I don't fully trust John to keep our plan a secret, so I think it best that he be kept in the dark for now.

词组	be kept in the dark (about something)
释义	be kept in the dark (about something) be kept in the dark (about something) To be kept uninformed (about something); to be excluded from full knowledge or disclosure (of something). The president was kept in the dark about the CIA's assassination attempt so that if things went sour and came to public light, she could claim plausible deniability. I don't fully trust John to keep our plan a secret, so I think it best that he be kept in the dark for now. See also: dark, kept Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: be left in the dark (about something) in the dark about (something) no rest for the weary (wicked) kept keep a firm grip on keep a firm grip on (someone or something) between ourselves between you, (and) me, and the gatepost between you, me and the gatepost between you me and the bedpost
随便看	a nose for something a nosey parker a nosy parker a notch above a notch better than (someone or something) a notch in (someone's) bedpost a notch in (someone's) belt a notch on (someone's) bedpost a notch on (someone's) belt another another bite at the cherry another bite of the cherry another coat of paint another country heard from another county heard from another day, another dollar another kettle of fish another lie nailed to the counter another nail in (one's) coffin another nail in the coffin another pair of eyes another pair of shoes another peep another peep out of (one) another peep out of you