hide your light under a bushel. to avoid letting people know that you are good at something, usually because you are shy (often in continuous tenses) I didn't realize you could play the piano-you've been hiding your light under a bushel. See also: bushel, hide, light, under. 1  Facebook.
Confidence votes 319K. Turkish word 'bey' is a titular name in many cases sort of like Sir to Western Europeans. Depending on the country of origin, it can simply mean Sir and title of respect.
The word has been recorded in the English language since 1634, via Turkish harem, from Arabic á¸¥aram forbidden because sacred/important, originally implying women's quarters, literally something forbidden or kept safe, from the root of á¸¥arama to be forbidden; to exclude.