hidden in plain sight

Meaning: (idiomatic)Seeminglyhidden, but actuallynothidden and easy to find.2020July 28, Nina Siegal, “A Clue to Van Gogh’s Final Days Is Found in His Last Painting”, inNew York Times‎[1]:The postcard is “not a secret hidden document that nobody can find,” Mr. van der Veen said. “A lot of people have already seen it, and recognize the subject, the motif of tree roots. It washidden in plain sight.”

Examples:

EN: I mean, what if the door were hidden in plain sight?
ES: ¿Y si la puerta estuviera escondida a plena vista?
EN: - We're hidden in plain sight.
ES: - Estamos escondidas en plena luz.
EN: Knowing Sisyphus, he probably has it hidden in plain sight.
ES: Conociendo a Sísifo, probablemente la haya escondido a plena vista.
EN: - hidden in plain sight.
ES: - Oculto a la vista.
EN: The gold was hidden in plain sight, and it stayed hidden for a hundred and twenty-five years...
ES: El oro estaba escondido a plena vista, y siguió escondido por ciento veinticinco años...
EN: I mean,I'll see if I can get some more people out here,but... maybe we should be considering the possibility that the plane might be hidden in plain sight.
ES: Bueno, voy a ver si puedo encontrar a más gente ahí fuera, pero... Puede que debiésemos considerar la posibilidad de que el avión puede estar escondido y no podamos verlo.
EN: The result should be a short list of places to find a man hidden in plain sight.
ES: El resultado debe ser una lista corta de lugares donde encontrar un hombre oculto a simple vista.
EN: They were on a shelf in the bedroom; hidden in plain sight.
ES: Estaban en una estantería del dormitorio; escondidos a plena vista
EN: If Christian is right and black holes form silently, then these cosmic cannibals could be hidden in plain sight all around us, and we might never know it.
ES: Si Christian está en lo cierto y los agujeros negros se crean de forma silenciosa, entonces estos caníbales cósmicos se pueden esconder a nuestro alrededor, y podríamos no saberlo jamás.
EN: Ah, the old "hidden in plain sight" gambit.
ES: Oh, el truco de esconderlo a simple vista.
EN: He had found his enemy, who was hidden in plain sight.
ES: Había encontrado a su enemigo que estaba escondido a plena vista.
EN: So you come in during the day hidden in plain sight to case the joint.
ES: Así se llega durante el día ocultos a la vista al caso de la articulación.
EN: The oldest question in the universe, hidden in plain sight.
ES: La pregunta más vieja del universo, oculta a simple vista.
EN: The secret archives are hidden in plain sight, the unmarked entrance here is close to the staff parking next to the library.
ES: Los archivos secretos están ocultos a simple vista, la entrada sin carteles está aquí junto a la playa de estacionamiento del personal, al lado de la biblioteca.
EN: It's hidden in plain sight, Chief, parked in an alley, uh, five, six blocks from the restaurant, unlocked, key in the ignition.
ES: Está oculto a plena vista, jefa. Parado en un callejón, cinco, seis cuadras del restaurante, sin cerrar, con la llave en el encendido.

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