hide in the closet
Verb
Meaning
hide in the closet (third-person singular simple present hides in the closet, present participle hiding in the closet, simple past hid in the closet, past participle hidden in the closet)
To hide the fact that one is gay.
Examples
First we had two earthquakes - fine, this week God not only hates republicans, but apparently us kernel developers too. But we kernel developers laugh in the face of danger, and a 5.5 earthquake just makes us whimper and hide in the closet for a while.