under the rose

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)In secret;secretly,privately.[from 16th c.]1860,Ellen Wood,East Lynne, Penguin 2005, page10:‘If you become the purchaser of the East Lynne estate, Mr Carlyle, it must beunder the rose.’1861, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, quoted by Fiona MacCarthy (2011) inThe Last Pre-Raphaelite, Faber,→ISBN, page 130:We are organising (but this is quiteunder the roseas yet) a company for the production of furniture and decoration of all kinds, for the sale of which we are going to open an actual shop!

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