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“Avoir un polichinelle dans le tiroir” is used for an unexpected pregnancy, and/or a pregnancy one wants to keep secret.
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Once the bump is obvious, the secret has become a true “secret de polichinelle”!
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Once the bump is obvious, the secret has become a true “secret de polichinelle”!
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“Avoir un polichinelle dans le tiroir” is used for an unexpected pregnancy, and / or a pregnancy one wants to keep secret.
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But theater secrets are generally secrets de polichinelle.
The Story of My Life Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928 1908
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un secret de polichinelle / un secret mal gardé = an open secret
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In the expression: “Avoir un polichinelle dans le tiroir “, there are 2 ideas involved -- the bump, and the idea of a secret kept in a drawer in order to hide it.
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In the expression: “Avoir un polichinelle dans le tiroir “, there are 2 ideas involved -- the bump, and the idea of a secret kept in a drawer in order to hide it.
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Translator's Musings: A linguist’s mystery solved / Un secret de polichinelle skip to main
A linguist’s mystery solved / Un secret de polichinelle Oleg Kuzin 2007
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A linguist’s mystery solved / Un secret de polichinelle
A linguist’s mystery solved / Un secret de polichinelle Oleg Kuzin 2007
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