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hide one's light under a bushel

For a person to keep some talent or skill hidden from other people. The tone is that a person having a talent which they can be proud of ought not hide it.

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  • An allusion to teachings of Jesus Christ in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke.
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Submitted on September 01, 2009

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光をブッシェルの下に隠す

把自己的光藏在蒲式耳下

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