dirty laundry
The term "dirty laundry" can refer to both literal soiled clothes and figuratively to secrets or scandals someone wants to keep hidden.
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Definition
A2Household
Clothes and linens that need to be washed.
Example
- She put all her dirty laundry in the washing machine.
B2Social
(idiomatic)Secrets or scandals that someone prefers to keep hidden.
Example
- The politician's dirty laundry was exposed in the media.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "dirty laundry":
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