难以启齿
(難以啟齒)to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth
Example Sentences
看着他整天心不在焉愁眉不展的模样，母亲猜到他心里一定藏着什么难以启齿的心事。
kàn zhe tā zhěng tiān xīn bù zài yān chóu méi bù zhǎn de mú yàng, mǔ qīn cāi dào tā xīn lǐ yí dìng cáng zhe shén me nán yǐ qǐ chǐ de xīn shì.
Seeing his absent-minded and frowning appearance all day long, my mother guessed that he must be hiding something unspeakable in his heart.
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