dirty linen
肮脏的床单,肮脏的亚麻布,肮脏的麻布,龌龊的亚麻布
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- : personal or private matters that could cause embarrassment if made public: You didn't have to air our dirty linen to all your friends!
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She is the author of Dirty Entanglements: Corruption, Crime and Terrorism (Cambridge University Press).
I was so relieved, until I thought about my dirty pantyhose hanging on the shower at home.
If only Sulzberger had managed to keep a zipped upper lip while leaving the dirty work to anonymous underlings.
Not one Argentine Jesuit lost his life during the dirty war, and he managed to save dozens of people.
As Americans, we still have a right to air both our dirty laundry and our R-Rated films.
They all wore very large linen collars and black cravats, which gave them a very serious appearance.
I'd have enjoyed punching his proud head, for all that; it was a dirty way to serve a man who had done his level best.
Shopkeepers not only occupied both sides of the crowded streets, but half their wares were exposed in and over the dirty gutters.
And in the incredibly small and incredibly dirty fastness of the stationmaster, they indeed found a Bradshaw.
What if his father insisted upon his going to London, and doing any other dirty work which these fellows chose to put upon him?