Phrase guide

between you and me

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

In confidence; used to impose an obligation to keep something being discussed secret.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Between you and me, I think the boss is crazy.
  • Let’s keep this conversation between you and me.
  • This is just between you and me.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: between ourselves, between you and I, between you and me and these four walls, between you, me, and the bedpost

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ (baynī wabaynaka) — in confidence
  • Armenian: խոսքը մեր մեջ (xoskʻə mer meǰ) — in confidence
  • Armenian: մեր մեջ ասած (mer meǰ asac) — in confidence
  • Azerbaijani: söz aramızda — in confidence
  • Azerbaijani: aramızda qalsın — in confidence
  • Azerbaijani: öz aramızdır — in confidence
  • Czech: jen mezi námi — in confidence
  • Dutch: onder ons gezegd — in confidence
  • Finnish: meidän kesken — in confidence
  • French: entre nous — in confidence
  • French: entre nous soit dit — in confidence
  • German: unter uns gesagt — in confidence
  • Hungarian: köztünk szólva — in confidence
  • Hungarian: köztünk legyen szólva — in confidence
  • Italian: detto tra noi — in confidence
  • Kazakh: арамызда қалсын (aramyzda qalsyn) — in confidence
  • Latin: in camerā cāritātis — in confidence
  • Polish: mówiąc między nami — in confidence
  • Portuguese: cá entre nós — in confidence
  • Russian: ме́жду на́ми говоря́ (méždu námi govorjá) — in confidence
  • Scottish Gaelic: eadar thusa agus mise — in confidence
  • Scottish Gaelic: eadar mi fhìn 's tu fhèin — in confidence
  • Spanish: entre nos — in confidence
  • Swedish: oss emellan — in confidence
  • Turkish: aramızda kalsın — in confidence
  • Turkmen: aramyzda galsyn — in confidence
  • Urdu: ہمارے درمیان (hamārē darmiyan) — in confidence
  • Uzbek: oramizda qolsin — in confidence