n.
blend/fade into the woodwork
- 默默无闻;销声匿迹;蛰伏
to behave in a way that does not attract any attention; to disappear or hide
come/crawl out of the woodwork
- 突然露面;纷纷出笼
if you say that sb comes/crawls out of the woodwork , you mean that they have suddenly appeared in order to express an opinion or to take advantage of a situation
- When he won the lottery, all sorts of distant relatives came out of the woodwork.
他博彩中奖后,八杆子打不着的亲戚都突然来登门造访。