cover your tracks

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   掩盖自己的行径

   to try and hide what you have done, because you do not want other people to find out about it

   You didn't cover your tracks. You're easy to trace.

电影里这样说 · 5 部

• You didn't cover your tracks. You're easy to trace.The Last Boy Scout1991
• No, it's enough.The Way Back2010
• No matter how you cover my tracks, they're still gonna find out about me.The Usual Suspects1995
• You really wanna cover your tracks?Hell or High Water2016
• Don't use the baby to cover your tracks.Knocked Up2007
• You'll have to go in the morning so when it storms later, it'll cover your tracks.A Simple Plan1998
• Or you're the killer, and this whole elaborate monologue is just to cover your tracks.Scream2022

在完整场景里学

• 终极尖兵1991
  • 深夜回家夫妻拌嘴：a hard time（数落）
  • 壁橱藏人识破出轨：count to three（数到三）
  • 夫妻在警察面前撕破脸：get a rise out of（惹人上火）

同一词条的短语

• cover all the bases
• cover your back
• cover a multitude of sins
• cover in
• cover over
• cover up
• cover up
• break cover
• under cover
• under cover of
• under separate cover
• don't judge a book by its cover