dirty linen
Example Sentences
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The probate process is public, the legal equivalent of washing your dirty linen in the front yard.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025
"It is still very much a work in progress. An awful lot has been said between the two. So much dirty linen has been put out in the public, so to speak."
From Fox News • Jul. 2, 2021
Don’t wash your dirty linen in a watched pot.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 2, 2019
She warned about "hanging dirty linen outside", a reference to ANC leaders who had gone to the media to air complaints.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2017
As soon as I was decent, she led me past the dirty linen and out into the baking sun.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
