A skeleton in one's cupboard In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "a skeleton in one's cupboard", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jimmy Hung calendar 2022-04-25 07:04

Meaning of A skeleton in one's cupboard (redirected from a skeleton in the cupboard/closet )

A skeleton in the cupboard/closet noun phrase

An embarrassing or unpleasant secret about your past that you don't want anyone to know 

It seems that most people have their own skeletons in the cupboard.

The press is really good at uncovering skeletons in the celebrities’ closets.

I know that friends should share with each other but there're some skeletons in the cupboard better to keep for myself.

My first failed love confession is my skeleton in the cupboard.

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between you, me and the gatepost

Used to tell someone to keep secret what you're about to say

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To be secretly working together

behind closed doors

Kept in secret

dead giveaway
something that unintentionally reveals a truth, a secret completely
blow (something) wide open
  1. to make the outcome (of a match) become hard to predict.
  2. to reveal something secret that someone is trying to hide.

Grammar and Usage of A skeleton in the cupboard/closet

Noun Forms

  • skeletons in the cupboard/closet
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