cǐ​dì​wú​yín​sān​bǎi​liǎng

to reveal what one intends to hide

Senses

此地无银三百两/ 此地無銀三百兩 cǐ​dì​wú​yín​sān​bǎi​liǎng to reveal what one intends to hide

(idiom) literally "no three hundred silver taels here"; refers to a clumsy attempt to conceal the truth that only succeeds in exposing it.

References

synonym 此地无银三百两/此地無銀三百兩 欲盖弥彰/欲蓋彌彰