hole-and-corner

/hohl-uhn-kawr-ner/US // ˈhoʊl ənˈkɔr nər //

孔和角,孔和角落,孔和角的,洞和角

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : secretive; clandestine; furtive: The political situation was full of hole-and-corner intrigue.
- : trivial and colorless: She was living a hole-and-corner existence of daily drudgery.

as insurreptitious

Synonyms

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
So I drove around the corner to the trailhead of the logging road that led back to the crash site.
His monotonous music is, really, like the audio soundtrack to a k-hole.
I rolled him over to see where it came out, and there was no big hole in the back.
But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.
Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
Kind of a reception-room in there—guess I know a reception-room from a hole in the wall.
Cheap as they are, they are a poorer speculation than even corner lots in a lithographic city of Nebraska or Oregon.
Squinty, several times, looked at the hole under the pen, by which he had once gotten out.

/hohl-uhn-kawr-ner/US // ˈhoʊl ənˈkɔr nər //

孔和角,孔和角落,孔和角的,洞和角

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : secretive; clandestine; furtive: The political situation was full of hole-and-corner intrigue.
- : trivial and colorless: She was living a hole-and-corner existence of daily drudgery.

as insurreptitious

Synonyms

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
So I drove around the corner to the trailhead of the logging road that led back to the crash site.
His monotonous music is, really, like the audio soundtrack to a k-hole.
I rolled him over to see where it came out, and there was no big hole in the back.
But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.
Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
Kind of a reception-room in there—guess I know a reception-room from a hole in the wall.
Cheap as they are, they are a poorer speculation than even corner lots in a lithographic city of Nebraska or Oregon.
Squinty, several times, looked at the hole under the pen, by which he had once gotten out.