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

"The army is known for not wanting to wash its dirty linen in public," Hadiza Ado, founder of Women and Children Initiative, told the BBC.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

"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 shouldered the sack that contained all the dirty linen and the evil ball of hair.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya