Finnish

Phrase

pitää kynttiläänsä vakan alla

1. (idiomatic) to hide one's light under a bushel (to conceal one's talents or positive qualities, especially due to modesty or shyness; to avoid attention)

   Älä pidä kynttilääsi vakan alla!

   Don't hide your light under a bushel!

Inflection

For the conjugation of the verb, see pitää, kynttilää takes a possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence, vakan alla is not inflected.

Synonyms

• olla turhan vaatimaton