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.
Used to tell someone to keep secret what you're about to say
To be secretly working together
Kept in secret
Confusion made worse than before.
There was heavy traffic on the way to work this morning. Confusion worse confounded when some drivers were arguing with each other right in the middle of the street.