behind the scenes

English

Alternative forms

• behind-the-scenes

Etymology

From behind + the + scenes.

Prepositional phrase

Wikipedia

behind the scenes

1. (idiomatic) In secret; out of public view.

   Many videos come with features that show what went on behind the scenes to make the movie and special effects.

Translations

in secret; out of public view

Chinese: Mandarin: 幕後 (zh), 幕后 (zh) (mùhòu) Czech: v zákulisí (cs) Dutch: achter de coulissen (nl) Finnish: please add this translation if you can French: en coulisses (fr) German: hinter den Kulissen (de) Hebrew: מאחורי הפרגוד (he) (mei'akhoréi hapargód), מאחורי הקלעים (he) (me'akhoréi hakla'ím)

Hungarian: a kulisszák mögött (hu) Japanese: 舞台裏 (ja) (ぶたいうら, butaiura) Polish: za kulisami (pl) Portuguese: nos bastidores (pt) m., os bastidores (pt) Russian: (also of theatre) за кулисами (ru) (za kulísami), (also of movies) за кадром (ru) (za kádrom) Swedish: bakom kulisserna (sv) Telugu: తెరవెనుక (teravenuka)