behind closed doors

behind closed doors

English

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Prepositional phrase

behind closed doors

1. (idiomatic) In private; in one's private life; lacking (normal) public disclosure, in camera.

   Synonyms: closed door, with closed doors

   What you do with your girlfriend behind closed doors is none of my business.

   • 2018 January 25, Amelia Gentleman, “Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power”, in the Guardian‎:

     A brilliant piece of undercover reporting revealed extraordinary details of how senior City executives behave behind closed doors.

2. (idiomatic, sports) Without public spectators.

   Libya's opening home match in the World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon will be played at a neutral venue and behind closed doors, FIFA said on Friday.

Translations

in private

Czech: s vyloučením veřejnosti Dutch: achter gesloten deuren Finnish: suljettujen ovien takana, suljetuin ovin French: à huis clos (fr), en privé (fr) German: hinter verschlossenen Türen (de) Greek: κεκλεισμένων των θυρών (el) (kekleisménon ton thyrón) Hebrew: בִּדְלָתַיִם סְגוּרוֹת‎ (bidlatáim sgurót) Hungarian: zárt ajtók mögött

Italian: a porte chiuse Polish: za zamkniętymi drzwiami (pl) Portuguese: a porta fechada, a portas fechadas, entre quatro paredes Russian: за закры́тыми дверя́ми (ru) (za zakrýtymi dverjámi) Serbo-Croatian: iza zatvorenih vrata Spanish: a puerta cerrada Swedish: bakom lyckta dörrar (sv)