Keep a Lid on it

Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example in English and Kurdish. Leave a comment, contextualise the phrase in a well-formed sentence.

keep a lid on it: keep it secret – or keep it quiet about it.

به‌رده‌كی له‌سه‌ر دابنێ، با به‌ نهێنی بمێنێته‌وه‌، خۆتی لێ بێده‌نگ بكه‌

lift the lid on something [blow / take the lid off something]: to tell someone about something bad or something that was a secret.

ئه‌وه‌ی بن به‌ڕه‌ی هه‌موو هێنایه‌ ژێر به‌ڕه‌ی، نهێنییه‌كه‌ی ئاشكرا كرد

In 1989 they started an investigation that was to blow the lid off corruption in the police force.

له‌ ساڵی 1989 ده‌ستیان به‌ لێكۆڵینه‌وه‌ كرد بۆئه‌وه‌ی گه‌نده‌ڵی هێزی پۆلیس ئاشكرا بكه‌ن.