skeleton in the cupboard
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Indeed, but there is a skeleton in the cupboard!
From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2011
Some less saintly cameos leaven plenty of other Good Samaritan deeds but for every skeleton in the cupboard there are probably at least three beneficiaries of Reid's generosity.
From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2011
All the while, the picture remains hidden away, a very skeleton in the cupboard.
From Oscar Wilde by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell
"All the same," said Betty a little daringly, "it must be rather fun having a skeleton in the cupboard."
From The Red House Mystery by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)
Haven't you got a skeleton in the cupboard, old chap, which you hide even from yourself?
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
