"skeleton in the closet" meaning in All languages combined

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 9, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"Humph!\" she vouchsafed. Then, showing her old-time interest, she went on: \"But, say, it is queer, his speakin' to you, honestly, Miss Pollyanna. He don't speak ter no one; and he lives all alone in a great big lovely house all full of jest grand things, they say. Some says he's crazy, and some jest cross; and some says he's got a skeleton in his closet.\"",
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        "A shameful secret."
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        "(US, idiomatic) A shameful secret."
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          ],
          "word": "skeleton in the cupboard"
        }
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        "A shameful secret."
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        "(US, idiomatic) A shameful secret."
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