noun · uncountable · rare

dirty laundry

брудна білизна

грязное бельё

schmutzige Wäsche, dreckige Wäsche, Korb für schmutzige Wäsche, Schmutzwäsche

Unflattering or embarrassing facts, or questionable activities that one wants to…Unflattering or embarrassing facts, or questionable activities that one wants to remain secret, but which someone else may use as blackmail.

» Don't air your dirty laundry in public.

Не выноси сор из избы.

Не выставляй напоказ своё грязное бельё.

Не стирай своё грязное бельё на людях.

Не выметай сор из избы.

Meaning

3 senses

(idiomatic, uncountable)Unflattering or embarrassing facts, or questionable activities that one wants to remain secret, but which someone else may use as blackmail.
If you don't tell me why you did it, I'll air all your dirty laundry to your boss.
dreckige Wäsche, schmutzige Wäsche
гря́зное бельёgrjáznoje belʹjó
брудна́ біли́знаbrudná bilýzna
(metonymically, uncountable)A clothes hamper or other container in which soiled laundry is placed.
Place your dirty clothes in the dirty laundry.
Schmutzwäsche, schmutzige Wäsche, dreckige Wäsche
гря́зное бельёgrjáznoje belʹjó
брудна́ біли́знаbrudná bilýzna
(uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dirty, laundry.
If you bring your dirty laundry round on Saturday, I'll wash it for you.

More definitions

personal matters that could be embarrassing if made public

Examples

16 sentences

Don't air your dirty laundry in public.
ruНе выноси сор из избы.
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Do you have any dirty laundry?
ruУ тебя есть что стирать?
deHast du Schmutzwäsche?
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Ziri took his dirty laundry out.
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Don't leave dirty laundry lying around.
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Don't wash your dirty laundry in public.
ruНе стирай своё грязное бельё на людях.
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