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someone's dirty laundry
Fig. someone's unpleasant secrets. I don't want to hear about her dirty laundry. Why do you feel it necessary to gossip about things like this?
See also: dirty

in the laundry

with the clothes that are waiting to be washed. Is my blue shirt clean or is it in the laundry? All my socks are in the laundry. What shall I do?

a laundry list  (mainly American)
a long list of subjects (usually + of ) It wasn't much of a speech - just a laundry list of accusations against the government.
See also: list

wash your dirty laundry/linen in public  (British & Australian) also air your dirty laundry/linen in public (American & Australian)

to talk to other people about personal things that you should keep private I was brought up to believe that it was wrong to wash your dirty linen in public.
See play dirty, talk dirty
See also: dirty, public, wash


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