Leave this room meaning in English

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Definition

This information must not leave this room!: This information can not be given to or shared with anyone else! idiom

Examples

"But seriously Jean, my political views are personal, and shouldn't leave this room. Understood?"

Exercise 1

Bruno says "my political views are personal, and shouldn't leave this room".

He means:

Bruno doesn't want to give Jean too much information about his political opinions.

Jean shouldn't tell anyone else about Bruno's political views.

Bruno's political opinions as CEO are different from his political choices as a private citizen.

It is a bad idea to discuss politics in an office.

I don't know

Bruno says "my political views are personal, and shouldn't leave this room".

He means:

Bruno doesn't want to give Jean too much information about his political opinions.

This is not what Bruno means: he is prepared to tell Jean things, but wants these things to remain private!

Jean shouldn't tell anyone else about Bruno's political views.

This is the correct answer. Bruno is letting Jean know that his statements about politics are not to be repeated to anyone. The expression "this information must not leave this room" means that nobody should pass on the information, or tell anyone else about it.

Bruno's political opinions as CEO are different from his political choices as a private citizen.

This is incorrect. Although he says, literally, that his views themselves are confined to this room, the real meaning of this expression is that the discussion of Bruno's views should not be continued elsewhere with other people. There is no reason to suppose that Bruno has different sets of personal opinions depending on where he is.

It is a bad idea to discuss politics in an office.

This is not what Bruno means: he is not making a general statement about where politics should or shouldn't be discussed.

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