Sentence examples of "behind closed doors" in English
You should have locked, or at least closed, all the doors.
Du hättest alle Türen abschließen oder zumindest schließen sollen.
They wanted to dry snow behind the oven and then sell it as salt.
Sie wollten Schnee hinter dem Ofen trocknen und dann als Salz verkaufen.
The Chunnel was closed due to severe weather conditions.
Der Kanaltunnel war aufgrund extremer Witterungsverhältnisse geschlossen.
The doors of the train on line 3 are closing. Please be careful.
Die Türen des Zuges auf Bahnsteig 3 schließen sich. Vorsicht, bitte.
As there were no clients, we closed the shop earlier.
Es waren keine Kunden mehr da und so haben wir den Laden früher geschlossen.
Is it possible to lock the doors of the meeting room?
Ist es möglich, die Türen des Sitzungszimmers zu verschließen?
Walls have ears, sliding paper doors have eyes
Wände haben Ohren, Schiebetüren aus Papier haben Augen.
Look how they all speak ill of me behind my back because I married a woman thirty years younger than me.
Schau wie alle hinter meinem Rücken über mich herziehen, weil ich eine Frau geheiratet habe, die dreißig Jahre jünger als ich ist.
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