(out) in the openinformation that is out in the open is not hidden or secret 〔信息〕公开的[地] By now the whole affair was in the open. 如今整件事情已经公开了。
She never let her dislike for him come out into the open. 她从不把对他的反感表现出来。
All these concerns need to be brought out into the open. 所有这些担心都需要公开讲出来。
brought out into the open• Practising kungfu puts a person in touch with himself or herself; his or her own failings are brought out into the open.• That I should back off from a story that I know needs to be brought out into the open?• Often, the criteria - even in the academic world - are assumed, and are hardly brought out into the open.• a noisy argument that brought a lot of problems out into the open
→ (out) in the open at open3(2)