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Light Hide One’s Bushel Modest Reveal Talent Quality

Phrase/Idiom hide one’s light under a bushel
Definition If you hide your light under a bushel, you are modest or do not reveal a talent, quality or skill you possess.
Example I didn’t know she plays the piano. She has hidden her light under a bushel.

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