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skeleton in the cupboard

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a skeleton in the/your cupboard (British & Australian, American)

an embarrassing secret. If you want to be a successful politician, you can't afford to have too many skeletons in your cupboard.

See also: cupboard, skeleton

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Perhaps the skeleton in the cupboard comes out to be talked to, on such domestic occasions? Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context More results

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