blend into the woodwork

blend into the woodwork

To make oneself inconspicuous. Because I'm on probation at work, I'm just trying to blend into the woodwork for now.
See also: blend, woodwork
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

blend/fade into the ˈwoodwork

behave in a way that does not attract any attention; disappear or hide: I decided the best thing to do would be to try and fade into the woodwork and hope that no one noticed me.
See also: blend, fade, woodwork
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • blend/fade into the woodwork
  • woodwork
  • fade
  • away from it all
  • at a disadvantage
  • address comments or remarks to
  • address (one's) comments to (someone or something)
  • address (one's) remarks to (someone or something)
  • (the) odds are against (something)
  • a run on (something)
References in periodicals archive
It would be easy for me to blend into the woodwork, show up, do my job, and call it a day I am so glad that I have not chosen that path.
As a result, these tiny coffins blend into the woodwork. The rich man who feasts daily never notices the pauper Lazarus scrounging for his leftovers.
It was interesting to see him kind of blend into the woodwork, which he did very well," the Daily Express quoted director Paul Weitz as telling WENN.
There are times, from an underwriting perspective, when a company might want to blend into the woodwork. In the financial sector at least, this is definitely not one of those times.
But alas, it seems that Nell Armstrong was content to splash down and blend into the woodwork.
If Paris no se acaba nunca is more autobiographical, Doctor Pasavento is about the same persistence that affected one of his previous characters, Bartleby, and his desire to blend into the woodwork. A lesson in this continuation of previous Vila-Matas works is that disappearing is difficult and requires combining art and hilarity, and this novel is the proof.
"You have to know when to blend into the woodwork or take an early lunch.