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
She added that "there's a limit to what you can do" from outside cabinet and "what I don't think members want is for us to be airing our dirty linen in public".
From BBC • Oct. 2, 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
Such exposés tarnish the whole community, and are regarded by many as washing the community’s dirty linen in public.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
