have (a) skeleton(s) in (one's)/the closet

To have (an) embarrassing, unpleasant, damaging, or incriminating secret(s) from one's past. Primarily heard in US. Even the most seemingly perfect people have some pretty shocking skeletons in their closets. She has some skeletons in her closet that could ruin her chance at the presidency if the press were to find out about them. My agoraphobia has always been something of a skeleton in the closet for me.

词组	have (a) skeleton(s) in (one's)/the closet
释义	have (a) skeleton(s) in (one's)/the closet have (a) skeleton(s) in (one's)/the closet To have (an) embarrassing, unpleasant, damaging, or incriminating secret(s) from one's past. Primarily heard in US. Even the most seemingly perfect people have some pretty shocking skeletons in their closets. She has some skeletons in her closet that could ruin her chance at the presidency if the press were to find out about them. My agoraphobia has always been something of a skeleton in the closet for me. See also: closet, have Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: have (a) skeleton(s) in (one's)/the cupboard skeleton come to a bad end come to a bad/sticky end deep, dark secret the goods on the goods on (someone or something) about last night... fall out with (someone) about (something) be not above (doing something)
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