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Strategies & Market Trends : The Financial Collapse of 2001 Unwinding
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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (3441)1/27/2020 4:44:18 AM
From: elmatador   of 13794
 
It is very dangerous to be the guy who knows where the bodies are buried

To know where the bodies are buried means to know the closely guarded secrets of someone or an organization. These secrets may be criminal, immoral, or simply embarrassing, confidential or proprietary.


The idiom know where the bodies are buried is often used in business. The earliest known use of the phrase is in the American film Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles. In it, Kane’s widow says, “You can learn a lot from him. He knows where the bodies are buried.”


There were no murders in the film Citizen Kane, so the phrase was taken figuratively. This figurative use of the phrase know where the bodies are buried caught on quickly, even though the film Citizen Kane was a box office flop.


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