behind closed doors

English

Prepositional phrase

behind closed doors

1. (idiomatic) In private; in one's private life; lacking (normal) public disclosure.

   What you do with your girlfriend behind closed doors is none of my business.

2. (idiomatic, sports) Without public spectators.

   Libya's opening home match in the World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon will be played at a neutral venue and behind closed doors, FIFA said on Friday. [1]

Translations

in private

• Dutch: achter gesloten deuren (nl)
• Finnish: suljettujen ovien takana (fi), suljetuin ovin (fi)
• French: à huis clos (fr)
• German: hinter verschlossenen Türen (de)
• Greek: κεκλεισμένων των θυρών (el) (keklisménon ton thirón)
• Hungarian: zárt ajtók mögött (hu)

• Polish: za zamkniętymi drzwiami (pl)
• Portuguese: à porta fechada (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: iza zatvorenih vrata (sh)
• Spanish: a puerta cerrada (es)
• Swedish: bakom lyckta dörrar (sv)