hide your light under a bushel

hide (one's) light under a bushel

To avoid utilizing or emphasizing one's talents. Don't give up drawing! You're a talented artist and shouldn't hide your light under a bushel.

See also: bushel, hide, light

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hide your light under a bushel

If you hide your light under a bushel, you do not let people know about your skills and good features. If you have knowledge your superiors don't, or if you can do something they can't, don't be tempted to hide your light under a bushel for fear of upsetting them. We are proud of the facilities in Newmarket and this is not the time to hide our light under a bushel. Note: If you do not hide your light under a bushel, you are very confident about your skills and good features, and not at all modest. There are those who find his vanity off-putting. He does not hide his light under a bushel. Note: This is from the Bible, where Jesus says: `Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick.' (Matthew 5:15)

See also: bushel, hide, light

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

hide your light under a bushel

keep quiet about your talents or accomplishments.

A bushel is a unit of measurement equal to eight gallons: in former times the word also referred to a container able to hold this amount. The expression has its source in Matthew 5:15: ‘neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick’.

1997 Spectator Actors are not naturally people who believe in hiding their light under a bushel.

See also: bushel, hide, light

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

hide your ˌlight under a ˈbushel

(British English) not let people know that you are good at something: We didn’t know you could play the guitar! You’ve been hiding your light under a bushel all this time!This phrase comes from the Bible.

See also: bushel, hide, light

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

hide your light under a bushel

Not to reveal hidden abilities. The expression is usually used in advice to reveal those talents and then use them. A bushel was a container for measuring grain. In Matthew 15:15, Jesus said, “Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel but on a candlestick.”

See also: bushel, hide, light

Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price

See also:

hide (one's) light under a bushel
hide light under a bushel
hide one's light under a bushel
don't hide your light under a bushel
hide one's light under a bushel, to
with all (one's) might
peck
gourd
bushel and a peck
bushel and a peck (and some in a gourd)

References in periodicals archive

If you are one of them, don't hide your light under a bushel. Tell people why you have joined.

Architecture that was just brutal

"Don't hide your light under a bushel because there is no bushel big enough for you."

TODAY'S QUOTES

We may not survive" Mikhail Gorbachev, below, the former Soviet leader, says relations between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin must improve "Don't hide your light under a bushel because there is no bushel big enough for you" Cookery writer and TV presenter Nigella Lawson on the BBC's Alan Yentob, whom she revealed is known as Alan Yumyum because he eats so much "A load of hooey" Dr James Mitchell, whose company was paid $81m to interrogate al-Qaida prisoners, describes the new Senate report of alleged torture of these prisoners WRITE Letters Editor Media Wales Ltd, Six Park Street, Cardiff CF10 1XR e-mail readers@walesonline.co.uk FAX 029 2024 4143 NOTE please include your name and address for publication and a daytime telephone number

THEY SAID WHAT?

Sometimes it's wise to hide your light under a bushel.

Wales used up its luck before Cup

So come on, George, don't hide your light under a bushel. Don't let Amanda do your job.

Letter: Your Say - Wrong visionary setting agenda

词组	hide your light under a bushel
释义	hide your light under a bushel hide (one's) light under a bushel To avoid utilizing or emphasizing one's talents. Don't give up drawing! You're a talented artist and shouldn't hide your light under a bushel. See also: bushel, hide, light Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. hide your light under a bushel If you hide your light under a bushel, you do not let people know about your skills and good features. If you have knowledge your superiors don't, or if you can do something they can't, don't be tempted to hide your light under a bushel for fear of upsetting them. We are proud of the facilities in Newmarket and this is not the time to hide our light under a bushel. Note: If you do not hide your light under a bushel, you are very confident about your skills and good features, and not at all modest. There are those who find his vanity off-putting. He does not hide his light under a bushel. Note: This is from the Bible, where Jesus says: `Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick.' (Matthew 5:15) See also: bushel, hide, light Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. hide your light under a bushel keep quiet about your talents or accomplishments. A bushel is a unit of measurement equal to eight gallons: in former times the word also referred to a container able to hold this amount. The expression has its source in Matthew 5:15: ‘neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick’. 1997 Spectator Actors are not naturally people who believe in hiding their light under a bushel. See also: bushel, hide, light Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary hide your ˌlight under a ˈbushel (British English) not let people know that you are good at something: We didn’t know you could play the guitar! You’ve been hiding your light under a bushel all this time!This phrase comes from the Bible. See also: bushel, hide, light Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary hide your light under a bushel Not to reveal hidden abilities. The expression is usually used in advice to reveal those talents and then use them. A bushel was a container for measuring grain. In Matthew 15:15, Jesus said, “Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel but on a candlestick.” See also: bushel, hide, light Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: hide (one's) light under a bushel hide light under a bushel hide one's light under a bushel don't hide your light under a bushel hide one's light under a bushel, to with all (one's) might peck gourd bushel and a peck bushel and a peck (and some in a gourd) References in periodicals archive If you are one of them, don't hide your light under a bushel. Tell people why you have joined. Architecture that was just brutal "Don't hide your light under a bushel because there is no bushel big enough for you." TODAY'S QUOTES We may not survive" Mikhail Gorbachev, below, the former Soviet leader, says relations between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin must improve "Don't hide your light under a bushel because there is no bushel big enough for you" Cookery writer and TV presenter Nigella Lawson on the BBC's Alan Yentob, whom she revealed is known as Alan Yumyum because he eats so much "A load of hooey" Dr James Mitchell, whose company was paid $81m to interrogate al-Qaida prisoners, describes the new Senate report of alleged torture of these prisoners WRITE Letters Editor Media Wales Ltd, Six Park Street, Cardiff CF10 1XR e-mail readers@walesonline.co.uk FAX 029 2024 4143 NOTE please include your name and address for publication and a daytime telephone number THEY SAID WHAT? Sometimes it's wise to hide your light under a bushel. Wales used up its luck before Cup So come on, George, don't hide your light under a bushel. Don't let Amanda do your job. Letter: Your Say - Wrong visionary setting agenda
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