a smoke-filled room (烟雾弥漫的房间)

Idiom Politics

含义

a place where powerful people make secret political decisions

一个有权势的人在此做出秘密的政治决定的地方 (yi ge you quan shi de ren zai ci zuo chu mi mi de zheng zhi jue ding de di fang)

例句

"The policy was decided in a smoke-filled room, not in public."

"政策是在烟雾弥漫的房间里决定的,而不是在公众面前。" (Zheng ce shi zai **yan wu mi man de fang jian** li jue ding de, er bu shi zai gong zhong mian qian.)