Significado
Someone developing power or skills unnoticed.
Contexto cultural
The idiom is frequently used by authors like Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and Saratchandra Chattopadhyay to describe the rise of a protagonist or a hidden enemy. Understanding the story of Krishna and Kansa is essential. Kansa represents the established but paranoid power, while Krishna represents the inevitable, hidden change. In West Bengal and Bangladesh, political analysts use this phrase to warn ruling parties about emerging grassroots leaders. In the Bengali corporate world, it's used to describe a junior employee who is quietly upskilling and might soon take a leadership role.
Use it in Journalism
If you are writing an article about an underdog, using this phrase will make your Bengali sound very sophisticated and native-like.
Context Matters
Don't use it for someone who is already very famous. It will sound like you don't know who they are.
Significado
Someone developing power or skills unnoticed.
Use it in Journalism
If you are writing an article about an underdog, using this phrase will make your Bengali sound very sophisticated and native-like.
Context Matters
Don't use it for someone who is already very famous. It will sound like you don't know who they are.
Mythology is Key
Knowing that Krishna is the hero of this idiom helps you remember that the 'growth' is usually for a good or powerful cause.
Teste-se
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the idiom.
কেউ জানত না যে এই ছোট কোম্পানিটি ______।
The idiom is 'গোকুলে বাড়ছে', meaning growing in secret.
Which situation best fits the idiom 'গোকুলে বাড়া'?
A situation where...
The idiom refers to hidden talent or power developing unnoticed.
Complete the dialogue.
অমিত: 'এই নতুন ছেলেটি তো দারুণ খেলছে!' সুমিত: 'হ্যাঁ, ও আসলে ______।'
The past continuous form 'বাড়ছিল' fits the context of someone who was developing their skills previously.
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3 exerciciosকেউ জানত না যে এই ছোট কোম্পানিটি ______।
The idiom is 'গোকুলে বাড়ছে', meaning growing in secret.
A situation where...
The idiom refers to hidden talent or power developing unnoticed.
অমিত: 'এই নতুন ছেলেটি তো দারুণ খেলছে!' সুমিত: 'হ্যাঁ, ও আসলে ______।'
The past continuous form 'বাড়ছিল' fits the context of someone who was developing their skills previously.
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Perguntas frequentes
10 perguntasMostly yes, but it can also be used for organizations, political parties, or even technologies.
Yes, it can be used for a rising villain or a hidden threat, just like Kansa feared Krishna.
It is neutral. You can use it in a newspaper (formal) or while chatting with friends (informal).
There isn't a direct idiomatic opposite, but 'প্রকাশ্যে আসা' (coming into public view) is the result of growing in Gokul.
No, 'Gokul' is metaphorical. The person can be anywhere.
It's grammatically correct but sounds very stiff and is rarely used. Stick to 'Baara' or 'Bere Otha'.
Yes, it is widely understood and used in both West Bengal and Bangladesh.
আমি গোকুলে বাড়ছি (I am growing in secret).
No, 'Gokul Pithe' is a sweet, but the idiom refers to the place Gokul.
Yes, 'প্রজেক্টটি গোকুলে বাড়ছে' is a great way to describe a secret project.
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আস্তিনের সাপ
similarA snake in the grass/sleeve.
ঘরের শত্রু বিভীষণ
contrastA traitor within the family.
অজ্ঞাতবাস
similarLiving in incognito.
তলে তলে
similarSecretly / Underneath.
