wash (your) dirty laundry/linen in public

British & Australian, American & Australian

to talk to other people about personal things that you should keep private.

I was brought up to believe that it was wrong to wash your dirty linen in public.

• shoot load
• shoot mouth off
• shoot someone a dirty look
• shoot someone down in flames
• shoot something down in flames
• shoot straight
• shoot the breeze
• shoot the bull
• shoot the messenger
• shoot the works
• shoot up
• shoot up something
• shoot wad
• shoot your bolt
• shoot your load
• shoot your mouth off
• shoot yourself in the foot
• shoot your wad
• shop around
• shop talk
• shore up
• shore up something
• short and sweet
• short-arse
• short-change