behind the scenes

English

Alternative forms

• behind-the-scenes

Etymology

From behind + the + scenes.

Prepositional phrase

Wikipedia

behind the scenes

1. (theater) Behind the scenery and stage area; backstage.
2. (idiomatic) In secret; out of public view.

   Many videos come with features that show what went on behind the scenes to make the movie and special effects.

Translations

in secret; out of public view

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幕後 (cmn), 幕后 (cmn) (mùhòu)

• Czech: v zákulisí (cs)
• Dutch: achter de coulissen (nl)
• Finnish: kulissien takana (fi), kulisseissa (fi)
• French: en coulisse (fr)
• German: hinter den Kulissen (de)
• Hebrew: מאחורי הפרגוד (he) (mei'akhoréi hapargód), מאחורי הקלעים (he) (me'akhoréi hakla'ím)
• Hungarian: a kulisszák mögött (hu)

• Italian: dietro le quinte (it)
• Japanese: 舞台裏 (ja) (ぶたいうら, butaiura)
• Polish: za kulisami (pl)
• Portuguese: nos bastidores (pt) m, os bastidores (pt)
• Russian: (also of theatre) за кулисами (ru) (za kulísami), (also of movies) за кадром (ru) (za kádrom)
• Spanish: detrás del telón (es), entre bastidores (es), tras bambalinas (es)
• Swedish: bakom kulisserna (sv)
• Telugu: తెరవెనుక (teravenuka)