"skeleton in the cupboard" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-skeleton in the cupboard.ogg Forms: skeletons in the cupboard [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|skeletons in the cupboard}} skeleton in the cupboard (plural skeletons in the cupboard)
  1. (UK, idiomatic) A shameful secret. Tags: UK, idiomatic Synonyms: skeleton in the closet [US] Translations (shameful secret): 家醜 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 家丑 (ka-chhiú) [Hokkien] (Chinese), ka-chhiú [Hokkien] (Chinese), 家醜 (Chinese Cantonese), 家丑 (gaa¹ cau²) (Chinese Cantonese), 家醜 (Chinese Mandarin), 家丑 (jiāchǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), kostlivec ve skříni [masculine] (Czech), skelet i skabet [neuter] (Danish), lijk in de kast [neuter] (Dutch), luukere kapis (Estonian), luuranko kaapissa (Finnish), cadavre dans le placard [masculine] (French), squelette dans le placard [masculine] (French), Leiche im Keller [feminine] (German), Dreck am Stecken [masculine] (German), σκελετός στην ντουλάπα (skeletós stin ntoulápa) [masculine] (Greek), scheletro nell'armadio [masculine] (Italian), kompromatas [masculine] (Lithuanian), şerrnizariya veşartî (Northern Kurdish), skjelett i skapet [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), trup w szafie [masculine] (Polish), szkielet w szafie [masculine] (Polish), esqueleto no armário (Portuguese), скеле́т в шкафу́ (skelét v škafú) [masculine] (Russian), семе́йная та́йна (seméjnaja tájna) (english: family secret) [feminine] (Russian), esqueleto en el armario [masculine] (Spanish), skelett i garderoben [neuter] (Swedish)

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