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词汇 like-a-thief-in-the-night
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like a thief in the night


idiom
secretly or unexpectedly and without being seen秘密地;出乎意料地
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Secrecy and privacy
anonymity
anonymization
anonymize
anonymous
anonymously
cryptography
data protection
dead men tell no talesidiom
dissimulate
dissimulation
on the quietidiom
privacy
privacy settings
private
privately
under wrapsidiom
undisclosed
unrevealed
unsourced
unstated

Examples of like a thief in the night


like a thief in the night
It came in quite unawares, likeathiefinthenight.
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He apparently desired to give the impression that this crisis came likeathiefinthenight and caught him unprepared.
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At that time the war came upon us almost likeathiefinthenight.
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It was something more than critical: it cried aloud for immediate action, because this has not come likeathiefinthenight.
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It will come upon us likeathiefinthenight.
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The enemy will come likeathiefinthenight.
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I think that it will come on us likeathiefinthenight.
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Democracy took charge likeathiefinthenight.
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This crisis, however, came on us almost immediately, likeathiefinthenight, and we could not possibly take the necessary precautions.
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It would come likeathiefinthenight.
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It may come—as these things do come—likeathiefinthenight.
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That is an entirely new principle and it is introduced likeathiefinthenight.
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If the war comes upon you suddenly, likeathiefinthenight, conscription or no conscription, you will have no plans ready at all.
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That little affair with monetarism lasted a few short years and then passed likeathiefinthenight.
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We know from experience in this country that undemocratic agencies can accumulate powers unobtrusively—likeathiefinthenight.
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