to hide in plain sight
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5.2
- idiom
- Informal
:
ocultar a plena vista
- Many important details can hide in plain sight if we're not paying close attention.
I I wasn't, I was an addict hiding in plain sight.
- I I wasn't, I was an addict hiding in plain sight.
- Narcissism is hiding in plain sight all around you.
- So that's another way that I think about it, but I also assume that there may be things hiding in plain sight that I'm missing.
- Diamond pointed out that many of the risks, including a sharp rise in interest rates, had been hiding in plain sight.
- Well, there's an interesting phenomenon that's kind of hiding in plain sight, which is that the next most obvious atomic unit are content creators.
- It's because of what was found hiding in plain sight on the LCQB website.
- Yep, hidden forever, hiding in plain sight.
- In other words, for Leah and for the sociologist Zara Bible, what hides in plain Sight shows us a lot about who we are and how we think.
- So in order to validate and make it easier for these men to hide in plain sight, you create this whole idea that children are trans.
- the reason why I want to talk to you about whether or not you're hiding in plain sight is because if you're not the real you,
- It almost makes the Raiders and the zombies seem like a easy dodge, because a lot of these people who may actually hamper your healing are hiding in plain sight.
Examples
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Well, there's an interesting phenomenon that's kind of hiding in plain sight, which is that the next most obvious atomic unit are content creators.
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In other words, for Leah and for the sociologist Zara Bible, what hides in plain Sight shows us a lot about who we are and how we think.
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And this was a story, by and large, hiding in plain sight in the Yale archives.
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It's because of what was found hiding in plain sight on the LCQB website.
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For example, can you spot the octopus hiding in plain sight right here?
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Narcissism is hiding in plain sight all around you.
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You could call them the disappeared, but that's not a very apt description since they are hiding in plain sight.
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In the crowded market, the thief managed to hide in plain sight among the shoppers.
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The artist's work was so skillfully integrated that it seemed to hide in plain sight on the wall.
Synonyms
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5.9
To avoid being noticed by other people
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6.3
To go unnoticed by people or officials
How Stealthy
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6.8
- Informal
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5.2
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7.6
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5.4
- Informal
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2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines literal meanings ('hide' = conceal, 'plain sight' = clearly visible) into a paradoxical idiom whose sense — being visible but unnoticed — requires pragmatic inference beyond simple composition. A learner who knows the component words will see the parts but may not predict the ironic/idiomatic interpretation without prior exposure or explanation, so it is only partly transparent.
Etymology
Hide in plain sight paints a simple picture: someone who hides by staying where everyone can see, like a spy dressed as a normal person so they blend in with a crowd. That's why it means 'to be obvious but not noticed'.