A supposed secret that is in fact known to many people.
公开的秘密
their affair was an open secret in army circles
Example sentencesExamples
This is, in fact, another of those open secrets of academic publishing: a book doesn't actually need an original theory.
Their presence, however, is an open secret in the town.
This state of affairs has been an open secret for some time in Turkey and is now being more or less openly admitted by the media and many well-known politicians.
You're saying this was an open secret for three months.
It is an open secret that Gardai ‘on the beat’ encounter all kinds of difficulties emanating in the main from an over indulgence in alcohol.
I suppose it was an open secret that Fortune Mike had a kidney problem and that it never really cleared up.
‘It had been an open secret in Boston political circles for years,’ reveals Bannon.
The move lifts the lid on one of the biggest open secrets in the medical profession that often sees drinking problems among doctors being swept under the carpet.
Sexual abuse of children certainly was quite an open secret there.
It is an open secret in study abroad that many Americans work there ‘under-the-table’ without a visa.
It signals the inevitability of secrets being opened in small communities, and the fact that open secrets necessitate the importance of self and social presentation.
Neither party has confirmed that talks have begun on a possible offer, despite the fact that the discussions are now an open secret.
The girl is still at school so it's one of those open secrets.
But the open secret in politics is that attacks can work, and that no serious campaign leaves any openings unexploited.
Yet our secret government is an open secret: a condition that cannot last.
In fact, it is an open secret that many African governments are dominated by small elite groups that run their countries in a secretive and authoritarian manner.
Royal Bank of Scotland has been touted as a potential occupier and, until recently, this was an open secret in Glasgow's property circles.
But it is also an example of the common pattern by which open secrets only get discussed by the press once a prominent person states them publicly.
But there is an open secret within the media community.
It is now an open secret that a senior police official in this region and the administrative head of the district are not on the same wavelength.
Definition of open secret in US English:
open secret
nounˈōpən ˈsēkrit
A supposed secret that is in fact known to many people.
公开的秘密
their affair was an open secret in army circles
Example sentencesExamples
It signals the inevitability of secrets being opened in small communities, and the fact that open secrets necessitate the importance of self and social presentation.
Neither party has confirmed that talks have begun on a possible offer, despite the fact that the discussions are now an open secret.
Yet our secret government is an open secret: a condition that cannot last.
This state of affairs has been an open secret for some time in Turkey and is now being more or less openly admitted by the media and many well-known politicians.
It is now an open secret that a senior police official in this region and the administrative head of the district are not on the same wavelength.
It is an open secret in study abroad that many Americans work there ‘under-the-table’ without a visa.
But it is also an example of the common pattern by which open secrets only get discussed by the press once a prominent person states them publicly.
Their presence, however, is an open secret in the town.
‘It had been an open secret in Boston political circles for years,’ reveals Bannon.
The girl is still at school so it's one of those open secrets.
But the open secret in politics is that attacks can work, and that no serious campaign leaves any openings unexploited.
You're saying this was an open secret for three months.
This is, in fact, another of those open secrets of academic publishing: a book doesn't actually need an original theory.
Sexual abuse of children certainly was quite an open secret there.
Royal Bank of Scotland has been touted as a potential occupier and, until recently, this was an open secret in Glasgow's property circles.
In fact, it is an open secret that many African governments are dominated by small elite groups that run their countries in a secretive and authoritarian manner.
The move lifts the lid on one of the biggest open secrets in the medical profession that often sees drinking problems among doctors being swept under the carpet.
It is an open secret that Gardai ‘on the beat’ encounter all kinds of difficulties emanating in the main from an over indulgence in alcohol.
But there is an open secret within the media community.
I suppose it was an open secret that Fortune Mike had a kidney problem and that it never really cleared up.