without fanfare
Meaning: Quietly, without any publicity.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “The company closed its last store without fanfare.”
Category: Daily Life
Origin: A fanfare is a short trumpet flourish announcing something important. The phrase is common from the 20th century.
Equivalents in other languages
- French: Sans tambour ni trompette — literally: Without drum or trumpet
More idioms — Daily Life
- a Herculean task — An extremely difficult job requiring huge effort.
- on the sidelines — Not taking an active part; left out.
- at full tilt — At full speed or with full force.
- my bad — My mistake; sorry.
- drive someone up the wall — To annoy someone intensely.
- right up one's alley — Exactly suited to someone's interests or skills.
More English idioms
- a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush — It is better to keep what you have than risk it for something more uncertain.
- a stab in the back — A betrayal by someone one trusted.
- the light at the end of the tunnel — A sign that a long, difficult period is ending.
- freeze one's butt off — To be extremely cold.
- be in clover — To live in comfort and luxury.
- go downhill — To get steadily worse.
From our compliments & insults
- Casse-pieds — A massive bore or pain in the neck — someone who wears you down with their irritating way…
- Espèce de patate — You dim bulb — a potato being the very picture of inert, unthinking stodginess.
- Quel râleur / quelle râleuse — You never stop moaning — everything is a complaint, nothing is ever good enough.