lifting the lid
Uncovering hidden truth
Lifting the lid means exposing something previously hidden or secret, especially wrongdoing or scandal.
The metaphor suggests removing a cover to reveal what's underneath: The investigation lifted the lid on years of financial misconduct.
A journalist might lift the lid on corruption; a whistleblower lifts the lid on unsafe practices.
- lidRemovable container cover
- topUppermost part or surface
- boxLidded storage container
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- probingThoroughly investigating something
under the surface · uncovering · behind closed doors · open secret · pot · clarity · accountability · candor · transparency · questioning · disclosure · exposé · whistleblower · blowing the whistle · investigative journalism · steam · scrutiny · forthrightness
lifting the lidcovering up
Hiding wrongdoing from others
concealing · hiding · hushing up · suppressing · burying
lifting the lidsealing
Making impermeable
shutting · battening down the hatches · locking up · shuttering · boarding up
lift, lifted, lifter, lifters, lifts, loftier, loftiest, loftily, loftiness