cloak-and-dagger
adjective
uk/ˌkləʊk.ənˈdæɡ.ər/us/ˌkloʊk.ənˈdæɡ.ɚ/used todescribeanexcitingstoryinvolvingsecretsandmystery, often aboutspies, or something that makes youthinkof this:
（常指间谍、故事等）神秘离奇的，诡秘的I'mtiredof all these cloak-and-dagger(=secretive)meetings- let'sdiscusstheissuesopenly.这种神神秘秘的会议我受够了——我们公开讨论这些问题吧。
Synonyms
clandestineformal
hush-hushinformal
secret
surreptitious
undercover
underground
Plotting & trapping
- be in league withsomeoneidiom
- cahoots
- catchsomeoneout
- chemtrail
- chicanery
- conspirator
- conspire
- entrap
- entrapment
- hatch
- have a card upyoursleeveidiom
- plot
- plotter
- pretextual
- put-up job
- scheme
- setsomethingup
- snare
- sting
- trap