peel the onion

To expose the different various layers of something. Once the investigator started peeling the onion, he discovered just how many illegal operations the organization was involved in. You need to peel back the onion and find out what's really bothering Gina, because I doubt it's just the fact that you were late.

词组	peel the onion
释义	peel the onion peel the onion To expose the different various layers of something. Once the investigator started peeling the onion, he discovered just how many illegal operations the organization was involved in. You need to peel back the onion and find out what's really bothering Gina, because I doubt it's just the fact that you were late. See also: onion, peel Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: peel away peeling peel back peel off from (someone or something) blow the lid off blow the lid off (something) blow the lid off something lift taint be tainted by (something)
随便看	be on the breadline be on the brink of (doing something) be on the bum be on the cards be on the carpet be on the case be on the cold, small, etc. side be on the crest of a wave be on the danger list be on the dole be on the door be on the edge of (something) be on the fence be on the fiddle be on the fritz be on the front foot be on the game be on the go be on the gravy train be on the hook be on the horn be on the horns of a dilemma be on the hour be on the hush be on the hush-hush