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Vocabobobo Posted 19 years ago
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hiding in plain sight....
0 Hello. Could someone tell me what it means to "hide in plain sight?" I came across with this phrase in an article that discusses the massacre at Virginia Tech. The phrase was used in the following sentence: Cho Seung-Hui was the mystery hiding in plain sight, a man who wore a hat and sun glasses inside, a student with no Facebook page. 02 br
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0 This is quite difficult to explain. It basically means so obvious that you don't see it, or pay any attention to it, or it doesn't even cross your mind. 02 br 02 br 00 Imagine if someone was spreading gossip about you and you were confiding in your best friend, but you had no idea who it could be spreading gossip about you.
- 0 This is quite difficult to explain.
- It basically means so obvious that you don't see it, or pay any attention to it, or it doesn't even cross your mind.
- 02 br 02 br 00 Imagine if someone was spreading gossip about you and you were confiding in your best friend, but you had no idea who it could be spreading gossip about you.
- Then you find out that it's your best friend who is spreading the gossip.
- That's an example of someone "hiding in plain sight".
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0 This is quite difficult to explain. It basically means so obvious that you don't see it, or pay any attention to it, or it doesn't even cross your mind. 02 br
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00 Imagine if someone was spreading gossip about you and you were confiding in your best friend, but you had no idea who it could be spreading gossip about you. Then you find out that it's your best friend who is s
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00 Imagine if someone was spreading gossip about you and you were confiding in your best friend, but you had no idea who it could be spreading gossip about you. Then you find out that it's your best friend who is s
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0 G'day Vocabobobo 02 br
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00 This is a very poor use of hiding in plain sight. 02 br
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00 A person who wears sunglasses and a hat whilst indoors is not hiding in plain sight. This is actually the opposite of hiding in plain sight. 02 br
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00 To hide in plain sight is to just blend in to the surroundings. 02 br
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00 This is a very poor use of hiding in plain sight. 02 br
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00 A person who wears sunglasses and a hat whilst indoors is not hiding in plain sight. This is actually the opposite of hiding in plain sight. 02 br
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00 To hide in plain sight is to just blend in to the surroundings. 02 br
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Hi!
First time I've come across this group, so first time commenter. Ooh, what fun ahead!
I think the "hide in plain sight" concept comes from Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Purloined Letter’ where um, some girl I think, has stolen a letter and has to hide it so as not to get caught with it, and so hides it on the desk, or what ever, in the place where all the incoming mail for the
First time I've come across this group, so first time commenter. Ooh, what fun ahead!
I think the "hide in plain sight" concept comes from Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Purloined Letter’ where um, some girl I think, has stolen a letter and has to hide it so as not to get caught with it, and so hides it on the desk, or what ever, in the place where all the incoming mail for the
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