Leave (someone) in the dark (about something) phrase
To not provide full knowledge or disclosure of something with someone because you want to keep it secret from them
The company left its investors in the dark about its fruitless business activities.
He finds that company unreliable because he feels like it keeps trying to leave him in the dark about its financial standing.
I got a scolding from my mom for leaving her in the dark about my low test score.
Someone who looks gentle and sweet but in fact is severe and forceful
This idiom means that someone does not share what they think or feel with others.
Try to hide and deny something that is embarrassing, unappealing, or damaging to one's reputation
To deliberately hide one's true nature, intentions or purposes
The verb "leave" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase was formed based on the meaning of the phrase "in the dark".