Thread: иCподтишка?

Что значит изподтишка?

Настоящие озарения подкрадываются незаметно и бьют изподтишка.

Те — тоже хороши. Боялись термидора,
а бонапартишка — изподтишка, как раз, —
(как дико голова, и нет пирамидона)...
Французу — Корсика, что русскому — Кавказ.

исподтишка

to do smth. secretly, unexpectedly, while no one was waiting.

Originally Posted by Ramil

to do smth. secretly, unexpectedly, while no one was waiting.

Picky detail of English: it's better not to say "waiting" here. Instead we would say, "while no one was expecting it."