Idiom
dirty laundry
Meaning
Unflattering or embarrassing facts, or questionable activities that one wants to remain secret, but which someone else may use as blackmail.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He refuses to air his dirty laundry in public.”
“The politician tried to hide his dirty laundry, but the newspaper published every detail of his past mistakes.”
“During the heated board meeting, the rival executives began to air their dirty laundry, revealing years of internal corruption to the shocked shareholders.”
Examples
simple
“He refuses to air his dirty laundry in public.”
contextual
“The politician tried to hide his dirty laundry, but the newspaper published every detail of his past mistakes.”
complex
“During the heated board meeting, the rival executives began to air their dirty laundry, revealing years of internal corruption to the shocked shareholders.”
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