take the lid off something

(also lift the lid on something)SHOW/LET somebody SEE something to let people know the true facts about a bad or shocking situation 揭开某事的真相

a documentary that takes the lid off the world of organized crime

揭开有组织犯罪真相的纪录片

Examples from the Corpus

take the lid off something• Tilda, unabashed, was out in the pantry, helping the ward orderlies take the lids off the supper trays.• Significantly others have reacted with ambivalence: That exercise on support really took the lid off things in our school.

→ take the lid off something at lid(3)

单词	take the lid off something
释义	take the lid off something take the lid off something (also lift the lid on something)SHOW/LET somebody SEE something to let people know the true facts about a bad or shocking situation 揭开某事的真相 a documentary that takes the lid off the world of organized crime 揭开有组织犯罪真相的纪录片 Examples from the Corpus take the lid off something• Tilda, unabashed, was out in the pantry, helping the ward orderlies take the lids off the supper trays.• Significantly others have reacted with ambivalence: That exercise on support really took the lid off things in our school. → take the lid off something at lid(3)
随便看	to the prejudice of to the prejudice of something to the prejudice of sth to the purpose to the tune of to the tune of $1,000 to the tune of $1,000/£2 million etc to the tune of £2 million to the untrained ear to the untrained eye to the untrained eye/ear to think to think that to think (that) ... ! to this effect to this/that/the effect toting toto to top it all tots tots tot something up tot something ↔ up tot sth up totted