smoke-filled room

名詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) A place where powerful people meet to decide a matter in secret, often of a political nature. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see smoke, filled, room.

日本語の意味

（政治的な文脈で）権力者たちが秘密裏に集まり、重要な決定を行う場所。 / 比喩的な表現として、裏で政治的な操作や談合が行われる環境・状況を指す。

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The new policy was decided in a smoke-filled room, away from public scrutiny.

その新しい方針は、公の監視を逃れた関係者だけの密室会議で決定された。

詳細

意味（1）

(idiomatic) A place where powerful people meet to decide a matter in secret, often of a political nature.

In its first decade, prize business was settled in the smoke-filled rooms of London clubs, where it remained resolutely insular.

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意味（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see smoke, filled, room.

smoke-filled rooms （ plural ）