blue chamber

A room that all but the owner are forbidden entry into. The term takes its name from the French fable of "Blue Beard," who stores the bodies of his murdered former wives in a locked chamber in his castle. My wife has something of a blue chamber in the house; it's always locked, and she'll never tell me what's inside.

See also: blue, chamber

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

chamber
forbidden fruit is the sweetest
beard-splitter
Aaron's beard
beard
sky is falling, the
pull the chestnuts out of the fire, to
have a fable for (something)
fungus
fight like Kilkenny cats

References in classic literature

It was in the eastern or blue chamber in which stood the Prince Prospero as he uttered these words.

But from a certain nameless awe with which the mad assumptions of the mummer had inspired the whole party, there were found none who put forth hand to seize him; so that, unimpeded, he passed within a yard of the prince's person; and, while the vast assembly, as if with one impulse, shrank from the centres of the rooms to the walls, he made his way uninterruptedly, but with the same solemn and measured step which had distinguished him from the first, through the blue chamber to the purple--through the purple to the green--through the green to the orange--through this again to the white--and even thence to the violet, ere a decided movement had been made to arrest him.

Raven

Gradgrind did not take after Blue Beard, his room was quite a blue chamber in its abundance of blue books.

Hard Times

On Sundays, Miss Pross dined at the Doctor's table, but on other days persisted in taking her meals at unknown periods, either in the lower regions, or in her own room on the second floor--a blue chamber, to which no one but her Ladybird ever gained admittance.

Tale Of Two Cities

D'Artagnan desired the servants to announce him, and found on the second story (in a beautiful room called the Blue Chamber, on account of the color of its hangings) the bishop of Vannes in company with Porthos and several of the modern Epicureans.

The Man in the Iron Mask

Repeating his three bows he withdraws, closing the door on Volumnia's little scream, which is a preliminary to her remarking that that charmingly horrible person is a perfect Blue Chamber.

Bleak House

Of wave rooms and bespoke massages !-- -- MANILA, Philippines Picture yourself in a cool blue chamber, lying on your back, watching calming blue waves undulate overhead, as though restfully reclining under the sea.

Of wave rooms and bespoke massages

Backscheider neatly captures the play's diverse theatrical attractions, with its startling melange of nursery tale and pathetic tragedy, exoticism, spectacle, and the primeval horrors of the Blue Chamber. She acknowledges, but does not probe the 'mixed critical reception' which such plays encountered in performance.

Spectacular Politics: Theatrical Power and Mass Culture in Early Modern England

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释义	blue chamber blue chamber A room that all but the owner are forbidden entry into. The term takes its name from the French fable of "Blue Beard," who stores the bodies of his murdered former wives in a locked chamber in his castle. My wife has something of a blue chamber in the house; it's always locked, and she'll never tell me what's inside. See also: blue, chamber Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: chamber forbidden fruit is the sweetest beard-splitter Aaron's beard beard sky is falling, the pull the chestnuts out of the fire, to have a fable for (something) fungus fight like Kilkenny cats References in classic literature It was in the eastern or blue chamber in which stood the Prince Prospero as he uttered these words. But from a certain nameless awe with which the mad assumptions of the mummer had inspired the whole party, there were found none who put forth hand to seize him; so that, unimpeded, he passed within a yard of the prince's person; and, while the vast assembly, as if with one impulse, shrank from the centres of the rooms to the walls, he made his way uninterruptedly, but with the same solemn and measured step which had distinguished him from the first, through the blue chamber to the purple--through the purple to the green--through the green to the orange--through this again to the white--and even thence to the violet, ere a decided movement had been made to arrest him. Raven Gradgrind did not take after Blue Beard, his room was quite a blue chamber in its abundance of blue books. Hard Times On Sundays, Miss Pross dined at the Doctor's table, but on other days persisted in taking her meals at unknown periods, either in the lower regions, or in her own room on the second floor--a blue chamber, to which no one but her Ladybird ever gained admittance. Tale Of Two Cities D'Artagnan desired the servants to announce him, and found on the second story (in a beautiful room called the Blue Chamber, on account of the color of its hangings) the bishop of Vannes in company with Porthos and several of the modern Epicureans. The Man in the Iron Mask Repeating his three bows he withdraws, closing the door on Volumnia's little scream, which is a preliminary to her remarking that that charmingly horrible person is a perfect Blue Chamber. Bleak House Of wave rooms and bespoke massages !-- -- MANILA, Philippines Picture yourself in a cool blue chamber, lying on your back, watching calming blue waves undulate overhead, as though restfully reclining under the sea. Of wave rooms and bespoke massages Backscheider neatly captures the play's diverse theatrical attractions, with its startling melange of nursery tale and pathetic tragedy, exoticism, spectacle, and the primeval horrors of the Blue Chamber. She acknowledges, but does not probe the 'mixed critical reception' which such plays encountered in performance. Spectacular Politics: Theatrical Power and Mass Culture in Early Modern England
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