in public

Meaning

1. Oxford95% of films

   when other people, especially people you do not know, are present

In the movies · 36

• Is that why you slapped my brother around in public?The Godfather1972
• They're Puritans in public, perverts in private.Bohemian Rhapsody2018
• I'm from Philadelphia. We never talk about such things in public.Manhattan1979
• Speaking in public.Pride2014
• Be seen in public.Not Another Teen Movie2001
• ...and his consort in public.Victor Frankenstein2015
• She stayed in public places.Sin City2005
• Hanged in public.3:10 to Yuma2007

Learn it in full scenes

• The Godfather1972
  • Bonasera Asks for Justice
  • Woltz Refuses Johnny the Role
  • Vito Refuses Sollozzo's Deal
• Manhattan1979
  • The Drowning Question at Dinner
  • Isaac and Yale Talk About an Affair
  • Isaac Sends Tracy Home

From the same entry

• go public
• in the public eye
• be common knowledge
• wash your dirty linen in public

More idioms

• and things
• it will cost you
• any day
• be another different matter
• cut some slack
• get your act together
• around the corner
• at all times
• on the spur of the moment
• read between the lines
• make an exception
• not in the least