skeleton in the cupboard
A shameful secretA shameful secret.
» Do you have a skeleton in the cupboard?
mccarras · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(UK, idiomatic)A shameful secret.
Leiche im Keller, Dreck am Stecken
скеле́т в шкафу́skelét v škafú, семе́йная та́йнаseméjnaja tájna
a scandal that is kept secret
Examples
3 sentencesDo you have a skeleton in the cupboard?
Tom found some skeletons in the cupboard when he was researching his family history.
deTom ist bei Recherchen bezüglich seiner Familiengeschichte auf einige Leichen im Keller gestoßen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I have a skeleton in my cupboard, but I will tell you because I know you won't tell anyone.
Translations
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Forms
plural: skeletons in the cupboard / skeletons in the cupboardsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a scandal that is kept secret:skeletonskeleton in the closet
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.