unbeknown to (one)

unbeknown to (one)

With someone being unaware (of something). Unbeknown to Jacobson, the other two partners had drawn up the deal in such a way that they would have full control of the company in two years' time. My wife invited her entire family to come stay with us for Christmas—unbeknown to me.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • unknown to (one)
  • unknown to somebody
  • unbeknownst to (one)
  • not know (someone) from a bar of soap
  • moth
  • drawn like a moth to a flame
  • drawn to (something) like a moth to a flame
  • chock-a-block, to be
  • draw even
  • mack daddy