informal

if something secret or unpleasant comes out in the wash, people discover the truth about it.

They don't want the police to investigate, because they're afraid of what might come out in the wash.

• be scared shitless
• be scared to death
• be scattered to the four winds
• be second to none
• be set in concrete
• be set in stone
• be several cards short of a full deck
• be shaking in boots
• be shaking in shoes
• be shaking in your boots
• be shaking in your shoes
• be shit scared
• be shitting bricks
• be short of a bob or two
• be shot of
• be shot of someone
• be shot of something
• be shot to hell
• be shot to pieces
• be sick and tired of
• be sick and tired of doing something
• be sick and tired of something
• beside
• beside the point
• beside yourself