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Skeleton in the cupboard

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A shameful secret. UK, idiomatic

    "‘I expect all families have some skeletons in the cupboards,’ Robina said with a smile of understanding. ‘I know I have some relatives who embarrass me, but you have done nothing to be ashamed of that I can see.[…]’"

  2. 2
    a scandal that is kept secret wordnet

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