skeleton in the closet
A shameful secretA shameful secret.
» Every family has a skeleton in the closet.
Jede Familie hat eine Leiche im Keller. — Wolf
У каждой семьи есть скелет в шкафу. — afyodor
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(US, idiomatic)A shameful secret.
a scandal that is kept secret
Examples
11 sentencesEvery family has a skeleton in the closet.
ruУ каждой семьи есть скелет в шкафу. — afyodor
deJede Familie hat eine Leiche im Keller. — Wolf
There is a skeleton in every closet.
ruВ каждом доме есть свой скелет в шкафу. — marafon
deJeder hat irgendwo eine Leiche im Keller. — Vortarulo
Sami had skeletons in his closet.
Everyone has skeletons in their closet.
ruУ всех свои скелеты в шкафу. — marafon
Everyone has skeletons in the closet.
deJeder hat Dreck am Stecken. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Forms
plural: skeletons in the closet / skeletons in the closets| Singular | skeleton in the closet |
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| Plural | skeletons in the closet / skeletons in the closets |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
3 synonyms- a scandal that is kept secret:skeletonskeleton in the cupboard
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.