lead a double life

to have a second, secret life that is usually not socially acceptable The investigation uncovered details of Boley's double life, including secret bank accounts and a private post office box.

Usage notes: also used with the verb live: Nobody in France seemed to really care that he lived a double life.

lead a double life

Live as if one were two persons, usually one good and one bad. For example, They learned that his frequent travels were actually fictitious, and he was leading a double life, with a second home on the other side of town . This phrase is frequently used for a married person who establishes a second household with a lover. [Late 1800s] Also see Jekyll and Hyde.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tovi	-	Biblical Hebrew
Atanasije	-	Serbian
Pilvi	PEEL-vee	Finnish
Suman	-	Bengali, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Nepali
Zandra	ZAN-drə	English
InÊS	ee-NESH	Portuguese