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a laundry list (mainly American)

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

See also: list

wash your dirty laundry/linen in public (British & Australian, 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 also: dirty, public, wash

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