抛头露面

I am unaccustomed to public show.

我不习惯抛头露。

Nick didn’t say anything during the meeting, and it was obvious that he was desperately trying to merge into the background.

会，尼克一言未发。很明显，他不想抛头露。

Yet Kissinger succeeded in defying an old Washington dictum that you can have in the capital visibility or influence,but not both.

在华盛顿有一条传统格言：要么抛头露，要么得势弄权，二者不可兼得。基辛格却公然蔑视这种传统。