Timeline for Is there any phrase or idiom for "impossible to find out about something"?
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| Jul 17, 2020 at 13:06 | history | bumped | CommunityBot | This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed. | |
| Jun 17, 2020 at 13:35 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | So: They had stashed the drugs so well that looking for them would be a fruitless endeavour. That's not strictly an idiom, but it's a longer expression—and fruitless endeavour has the quality of an idiom because it's a common expression. I am not suggesting that as an answer, just trying to narrow down the scope of what you're looking for. | |
| Jun 17, 2020 at 13:30 | comment | added | YesMe91 | @JasonBassford - I think in this case an idiom, here the expression about a genie, is more emphatic than a single word. | |
| Jun 17, 2020 at 13:24 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | (Incidentally, I find nothing wrong with the expression about a genie in the first place. It might not be an idiom per se, but it's completely understandable and accessible.) | |
| Jun 17, 2020 at 13:19 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | @YesMe91 Can you say why? I mean, what is it that an idiom expresses that the simple word doesn't? More specifically, are you looking for something humorous or fantastical? (The simple word doesn't do that.) What kind of subtle meaning or atmosphere do you want the idiom to have? Assuming I could come up with 10 different idioms that mean effectively the same thing as undiscoverable, what criteria would I use to narrow them down to the one idiom that's the most appropriate? | |
| Jun 17, 2020 at 13:14 | comment | added | YesMe91 | @JasonBassford - Nothing wrong with it, except that I was looking for an idiom! | |
| Jun 17, 2020 at 13:11 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | What's wrong with the simple word undiscoverable? They had stashed the drugs in a place that was undiscoverable. | |
| Jun 17, 2020 at 12:36 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 17, 2020 at 12:19 | comment | added | YesMe91 | @user121863 - I just added an example. | |
| Jun 17, 2020 at 12:18 | answer | added | nnnnnn | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 17, 2020 at 12:17 | history | edited | YesMe91 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 17, 2020 at 12:12 | comment | added | user 66974 | @nnnnnn - I don’t think it is clear enough. Find out what? | |
| Jun 17, 2020 at 12:09 | comment | added | nnnnnn | @user121863 - Even a genie couldn't find out why you think a specific example is necessary when the question explains the concept quite clearly. | |
| Jun 17, 2020 at 12:04 | comment | added | user 66974 | Can you please make an example where this idiom would be used. | |
| Jun 17, 2020 at 12:03 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jun 17, 2020 at 11:59 | history | asked | YesMe91 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |