抛头露面

I am unaccustomed to public show.

我不习惯抛头。

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

会议期间，尼克一言未发。很明显，他不想抛头。

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

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