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fly-on-the-wall

/ˌflaɪ ɒn ðə ˈwɔːl/adjective

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(कार्यक्रम) बिना दखल दिए, लोगों की असली दिनचर्या को फ़िल्माकर बनाया गया

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adjective
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    [only before noun]

    (of a television programme or film) made by filming people as they go about their normal lives, without the film-maker taking part or explaining

    (कार्यक्रम) बिना दखल दिए, लोगों की असली दिनचर्या को फ़िल्माकर बनाया गया

    • a fly-on-the-wall documentary about life in a police station
    • The channel is making a fly-on-the-wall series about daily life in a busy railway station.
    • The fly-on-the-wall documentary showed a day in a busy hospital.
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    • Viewers enjoyed the fly-on-the-wall look at a cricket team's dressing room.
    • The director used a fly-on-the-wall style to film the family.
Idioms 1

a fly on the wall

a person who watches others without being noticed; often used to say you would like to see or hear something secretly

चुपचाप सब देखने-सुनने वाला (बिना किसी की नज़र में आए)

  • I'd love to be a fly on the wall when the results are discussed.
  • She wished she could be a fly on the wall at the board meeting.