English Dictionary

know where the bodies are buried

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To possess confidential and incriminating information about a person's or organization's misdeeds or other secrets.

日本語の意味

秘密裏に保持された、恥ずかしい、または非行等の不正を暴露できる情報を持っているという意味。 / ある人物や組織の隠された不祥事や悪事を暴くことが可能な情報を握っている、という意味。

Anyone who worked on the audit team long enough will know where the bodies are buried.

監査チームで十分長く働いた人なら誰でも、会社の不正に関する内情を知っているだろう。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To possess confidential and incriminating information about a person's or organization's misdeeds or other secrets.

Senator John Stennis […] has been active and effective for so long as a member of the Armed Services Committee that he knows as well as any man can where the bodies are buried in the Pentagon and the boondoggles are buried in the defense budget.

knows where the bodies are buried （ present singular third-person ）

knowing where the bodies are buried （ participle present ）

knew where the bodies were buried （ past ）

known where the bodies were buried （ participle past ）