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lid on 成语

keep a lid on it

not tell others, keep it quiet The judges know who won, but they have to keep a lid on it.

put a lid on it

do not be noisy, keep it down "When we shout, he says, ""Put a lid on it. Not so loud, eh."""

keep the lid on

Idiom(s): keep the lid on sth

Theme: SECRECY

to restrain something; to keep something quiet. (Informal.)
• The politician worked hard to keep the lid on the scandal.
• The party was noisy because they weren't trying to keep the lid on it. It got louder and louder.

put the lid on

put the lid on
Also, keep the lid on. Suppress, as in I don't know how but we'll have to put the lid on that rumor about her, or Let's keep the lid on our suspicions. The word lid here is used in the sense of “a cover for a container.” [Early 1900s]

lid on (something)

1. An attack to annihilate or abolish something, abnormally the advance of rumors or acute information. We charge to accumulate the lid on rumors about the aggregation activity bankrupt. A: "But boss, what if the badge acquisition out about the money laundering?" B: Put a lid on it, Tom. They won't acquisition out annihilation so continued as anybody keeps their mouths shut."2. An abnormally abrogating cessation to an already bad acquaintance or situation. Sometimes worded as "tin lid" in this usage. The abasement of the company's acclaim appraisement puts the lid on a adverse year for their banking situation. What a bad day: I larboard my buzz in the grocery store, my car bankrupt down on the way home, and, to put the tin lid on it, my advantage bankrupt through the bag as I was walking to the advanced door.Learn more: lid, on

*lid on something

1. Lit. a awning on something, such as a pot, pan, etc. (*Typically: get ~; accumulate ~; put ~.) Keep the lid on the pot until the bouillon is about done. Put the lid on the bucket for aloof a little while.
2. Fig. a arrangement to abolish a atrocious or awkward bearings and accumulate it secret. (*Typically: get ~; accumulate ~; put ~.) We can't accumulate the lid on this any longer. The columnist has got wind of it.Learn more: lid, on

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More Idioms/Phrases

put the fear of God into put the lid on put the make on put the skids under put their heads together put to bed

English Vocalbulary

put the muffler on sb put the saddle on the right horse put the saddle on the wrong horse put the screw on sb. put the shake on sb put the shoe on the right foot put the show on the road put the skids on sb put the skids under sb put the skids under sb. put the trivial above the important put the whammy on sb put the wind up put the wind up sb put the wind up sb. put things in train put things straight put this and that together