skeleton in the closet
US /ˈskel.ɪ.tən ɪn ðə ˈklɑː.zɪt/
UK /ˈskel.ɪ.tən ɪn ðə ˈklɑː.zɪt/
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不可告人的秘密, 家醜
a shameful or embarrassing secret from the past that someone wants to keep hidden
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Every family has a skeleton in the closet.
每個家庭都有一個不可告人的秘密。
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His past arrest was a skeleton in the closet he hoped no one would discover.
他過去的被捕是他希望沒人會發現的不可告人的秘密。