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
"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
Such exposés tarnish the whole community, and are regarded by many as washing the community’s dirty linen in public.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019
She warned about "hanging dirty linen outside", a reference to ANC leaders who had gone to the media to air complaints.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2017
The large woman was apologetic, as though it embarrassed her for a stranger to see Mississippi’s dirty linen.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
