英语词汇“to keep it in the family”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. colloquial. to keep (something) in the family: to restrict (an activity) to family members only; to conceal (a matter) from those outside the family or from those not directly involved; frequently in to keep it in the family.

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1835 C. Dickens in Bell's Life 13 Dec. 1/1 When you come to talk about slaves, and that there gammon, you'd better keep it in the family, 'cos I, for one, don't like to be called them names.

1885 G. Hamlen Chats 127 Do not quarrel at all, if you can help it, but if you must, keep it in the family, provided it begins there.

1954 Chicago Rev. 8 No. 2. 37 Prove a thing one way or another and one or the other ends up with a courtmartial. We all lose, both ways. Let's keep it in the family.

1994 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 3 Mar. c1 ‘Be willing to ask for help,’ she said. The tendency is to keep the problem in the family.

2009 Human Archit. 7 106/2 I was told constantly growing up not to talk about problems with others, I had to keep it in the family.

单词	to keep it in the family
释义	> as lemmas to keep it in the family b. colloquial. to keep (something) in the family: to restrict (an activity) to family members only; to conceal (a matter) from those outside the family or from those not directly involved; frequently in to keep it in the family. ΚΠ 1835 C. Dickens in Bell's Life 13 Dec. 1/1 When you come to talk about slaves, and that there gammon, you'd better keep it in the family, 'cos I, for one, don't like to be called them names. 1885 G. Hamlen Chats 127 Do not quarrel at all, if you can help it, but if you must, keep it in the family, provided it begins there. 1954 Chicago Rev. 8 No. 2. 37 Prove a thing one way or another and one or the other ends up with a courtmartial. We all lose, both ways. Let's keep it in the family. 1994 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 3 Mar. c1 ‘Be willing to ask for help,’ she said. The tendency is to keep the problem in the family. 2009 Human Archit. 7 106/2 I was told constantly growing up not to talk about problems with others, I had to keep it in the family. extracted from familyn.adj. < as lemmas
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