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2008.02.07
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BEHIND (someone's) BACK ～のいないところで、～に隠れて
- To do something behind someone's back is to do something they would not like or approve of, without them knowing.
- behind someone's back とは、～のいないところで、～に隠れて、という意味です。相手が好まないと思われることや、認めていないことを、その人に知られずに行うときに使われます。
- I thought she was my friend until I found out what she was saying about me behind my back.
- He was fired for selling the restaurant's secret pesto sauce recipe to another restaurant behind the manager's back.
- When she learned that her boyfriend was seeing other women behind her back, she was heartbroken (= very sad).
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