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“Stay under wraps” = ở dưới gói bọc -> nghĩa là giữ kín, giữ bí mật, không tiết lộ cho bất cứ ai.
Ví dụ
Is it game over for Jamie, or will his guilt [tội lỗi] stay under wraps for a while longer?
Many fans have theorized [đưa ra giả thuyết] that he might be playing with a younger version of Morpheus, in the lack of Laurence Fishburne, however his function is not yet been verified and will likely stay under wraps for a time.
“It’s been a long year for us. I mean, this is a great little chapter [chương] in what’s been an insane [điên rồ] season, in my opinion,” LaFontaine said. “I’ve tried to keep my emotions under wraps, but it’s hard to stay under wraps after a game like that.”
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Nghĩa là gì: unwraps unwrap /' n'r p/
- ngoại động từ
- mở gói, mở bọc; tri ra [cái gì đ quấn]
Idiom[s]: keep sth under wraps
Theme: SECRECY
to keep something concealed [until some future time].• We kept the plan under wraps until after the election.• The automobile company kept the new model under wraps until most of the old models had been sold. keep something hidden, not show or talk about Details of the program were kept under wraps until the election.secret, not advertised, on the QT I know the name of the winner, but I have to keep it under wraps until tonight.adv. or adj. phr. Not allowed to be seen until the right time; not allowed to act or speak freely; in secrecy; hidden. Usually used with "keep". We have a new player, hut we are keeping him under wraps until the game. What the President is planning will be kept under wraps until tomorrow. The spy was kept under wraps and not allowed to talk to newspapermen.
Compare: UNDER COVER.
keep under wraps Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
keep under wraps
keep something hidden, not show or talk about Details of the program were kept under wraps until the election.keep [something] under wraps
To keep something secret. Keep this under wraps for now, but Greg is definitely the one getting the promotion.Learn more: keep, wrapkeep something under wraps
Fig. to keep something concealed [until some future time]. We kept the plan under wraps until after the election. The automobile company kept the new model under wraps until most of the old models had been sold.Learn more: keep, wrap
KEEP SOMETHING UNDER WRAPS = keep something secret or to be secret: giữ bí mật điều gì đó
Trong cụm trên, chúng mình có cụm UNDER WRAPS trong đó WRAPS là giấy hay vải bọc ngoài một đồ vật. Vì thế under wraps có nghĩa là được giữ bí mật, hay giữ kín. Cụm này người Mỹ dùng cực cực nhiều, đặc biệt trong các đoạn hội thoại hàng ngày, dễ nhớ mà cũng tự nhiên nữa.
Example: They kept their plans under wraps. [Họ giữ bí mật về các kế hoạch của mình].
Example: The firm kept its troubles under wraps.
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'Under wraps' có từ wraps là giấy hay vải bọc ngoài một đồ vật. Vì thế under wraps có nghĩa là được giữ bí mật, hay giữ kín.
Ví dụ
The big cover up! 'Pregnant' Jessica Biel keeps her figure under wraps in thick vinyl jacket: appearing to have just come from a workout, Jessica layered up in a leggings, sneakers and gave a hint of color with green aviator sunglasses.
Rumors [tin đồn] about my promotion [thăng chức] had been going around for weeks. Although management wanted to keep it under wraps until an official [chính thức] announcement could be made, now the secret’s [bí mật] out: I’m going to be the new VP [Vice President: phó giám đốc] of Marketing.
Don’t bother [đừng phí công] trying [tìm cách] to interview the author [tác giả]. He’s keeping the details [chi tiết] of his upcoming book tightly under wraps. Until it’s published [xuất bản], no one is to have any idea what it’s about. That’s one way to build interest [sự chú ý] among readers!
Buyout firms push to keep information under wraps: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts warned Iowa’s public pension fund against complying with a public records request for information about fees it paid the buyout firm, saying that doing so risked it being barred from future private equity investments.
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