Idiom meaning, usage examples, facts
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(FAMILY) SKELETON IN THE CLOSET
an event in one’s past or family that is embarrassing and that one would prefer to keep secret
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1. Before I took this job with the government, I had to reveal the fact that I had been arrested when I was a teenager. That has always been my skeleton in the closet.
2. Rachel’s family had a relative who spent years in prison. They always tried to keep that family skeleton a secret. The expression suggests something undesirable that is hidden away in the closet but that one cannot get rid of. |
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