out of the woodwork
to appear after being hidden or not active for a long time, especially in order to do something unpleasant
After you've been in a relationship for a long while, all sorts of little secrets start to come out of the woodwork.
Racists and extreme nationalists are crawling out of the woodwork to protest at the sudden increase in the number of immigrants.
Racists and extreme nationalists are crawling out of the woodwork to protest at the sudden increase in the number of immigrants.
out of the woodwork by LovelyDaisy March 20, 2012
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