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Julia Huong
2021-10-14 11:10
Shady past noun phrase informal
Used to indicate a dubious, suspicious, or potentially immoral or illegal past history.
I don't want to marry Jimmy, who has a shady past like that.
Jackie always feels ashamed of his shade past.
Bin concealed his shade past from his wife, which infuriated her.
Used for saying that there is something suspicious or wrong
To be extremely skeptical of someone
If you describe someone as shifty-looking, they seem dishonest, untrustworthy, or suspicious.
To distrust someone.
Do you see anything wrong?
Something or someone has been somewhere and become so familiar that it is hard for you to accept that place without them.
He was here for such a long time, so he was part of the furniture.
