From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbushelbush‧el /ˈbʊʃəl/ noun → hide your light under a bushel
Examples from the Corpus
bushel• The surplus, as a result, has diminished to 6000 bushels.• About 75 bushels of oysters, dredged from the Smith River, were supplied for the festival.• Since last April the price of oilseed rape has dropped from $ 6 to $ 3 a bushel.• For far too long you've been hiding your light under a bushel.• Table 4-I is a hypothetical demand schedule for a single consumer who is purchasing bushels of corn.• Light polishes itself under the bushel.• Hide my light under the bushel.• Dodd designed a factory with an integrated mill in which bushels of durum could be turned into pasta under one roof.Origin bushel (1400-1500) Old French boissel 