keep a lid on

keep a lid on (something)

1. To keep the level of something from increasing drastically or beyond what is undesirable or dangerous. They were one of the few countries in the EU able to keep a lid on unemployment during the recession. The dictatorship has kept a tight lid on protests and public criticism of the government.

2. To not allow something to become known to other people; to keep something a secret or classified. No one else knows about it yet, so keep a lid on it for now. The company has so far kept a lid on details about its newest product.

keep a (or the) lid on

1 keep an emotion or process from going out of control. 2 keep something secret. informal

keep/put a/the ˈlid on something

try to make sure that people do not do something or find out about something: The government wants to keep the lid on discussion of tax reforms at the moment.

词组	keep a lid on
释义	keep a lid on keep a lid on (something) 1. To keep the level of something from increasing drastically or beyond what is undesirable or dangerous. They were one of the few countries in the EU able to keep a lid on unemployment during the recession. The dictatorship has kept a tight lid on protests and public criticism of the government. 2. To not allow something to become known to other people; to keep something a secret or classified. No one else knows about it yet, so keep a lid on it for now. The company has so far kept a lid on details about its newest product. See also: keep, lid, on Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. keep a (or the) lid on 1 keep an emotion or process from going out of control. 2 keep something secret. informal See also: keep, lid, on Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary keep/put a/the ˈlid on something try to make sure that people do not do something or find out about something: The government wants to keep the lid on discussion of tax reforms at the moment. See also: keep, lid, on, put, something Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: dodge dodge a bullet land up in (something) reconcile (oneself) to (something) reconcile oneself to in for be in for be in for something leave (someone, something, or oneself) (wide) open to (something) leave open
随便看	up and down up and down like a yo-yo up and down (something) up and down something up and leave, go, etc. up and running up a notch up an’ Adam up an’ at ’em up a storm up a stump up a/the creek (without a paddle) up a tree upbeat up before up before somebody/something up before (someone or something) upbraid upbraid for upbraid (someone or something) for (doing) (something) upchuck up close and personal update update about update (one) about (someone or something)