behind the curtain meaning

• Away from public view

• curtain:    Noun: curtain  ...
• behind:    Preposition: behin ...
• curtain board, draft curtain:    [Architecture]A su ...

Examples

1. he did this behind the curtain.
2. at the same instant from behind the curtain swelled the invisible and softest music.
3. i looked out from behind the curtain and surveyed the house. it was a tawdry affair, call cupids and cornucopias, like third-rate wedding-cake.
4. go on, it's just down there behind the curtains
5. however, behind the curtain there was another person