Idiom
air one's dirty laundry in public
Meaning
To reveal one's sordid secrets to the public.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She hates it when people air their dirty laundry in public.”
“The celebrity couple aired their dirty laundry in public during a messy divorce.”
“In a moment of bitter exhaustion, he aired his dirty laundry in public, exposing family secrets that had been buried for decades.”
Examples
simple
“She hates it when people air their dirty laundry in public.”
contextual
“The celebrity couple aired their dirty laundry in public during a messy divorce.”
complex
“In a moment of bitter exhaustion, he aired his dirty laundry in public, exposing family secrets that had been buried for decades.”
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