Between you and me, I think the boss is crazy.  Let's keep this between ourselves.

I didn’t have a mirror, but I could guess how gross I looked. I had this huge, long bottlenose sticking out of my otherwise normal face. My skin was gray rubber. And when I felt behind me with my rapidly shriveling hands, I could feel the triangular blade of a dorsal fin rising out of my spine.

It is such awkward moves that create frustration within the coalition and, at the same time, present the arguments to the Opposition on a silver platter.

His novels mocked and maligned the French middle class, ironizing it into oblivion.