secret of polichinelle

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von secret of polichinelle im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A supposed secret known to everyone

British public life specializes in an elegant variation of the secret of Polichinelle. After a secret is disclosed it may still be treated as if it were a secret.

Silbentrennung

se·cret of polichinelle

Synonyme

open secret

Etymologie

() From French secret de Polichinelle, from a play by Pierre Wolff.