出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第177页（218字）
形容隐藏起来或停止活动，不公开露面，例在警方的扫黑行动之下，流氓和宵小之徒都销声匿迹了。
During the time when the police are busy cleaning up the clandestine activities of the hooligans and their ilk，they lie low