What the heck does this mean?

[kleinevos]

A co-worker asked me what this could possibly mean:

"I am hiding in the woodwork."

And I honestly haven't a clue. Anyone care to help me out on this? Thanks!

Comments

[wulfsbane]

Think mice. You see evidence of them in your house, but when you look for them, where are they? In the woodwork.

[pegla]

It is a saying, you are there, but not really there. She wants you to be more inolved.

[decembertyger]

Wall Flower, hiding in the wood work... I think they might be more American saying...

[till_we_die]

it means someone was trying to confuse him by saying something completely random that sounds like a saying.

[sassylidge]

It means hiding, blending in, being in the background where no one can see you or notices you.

It might be said in a way that a person is trying to hide so that they can learn things without others knowing - spying in a way.