skeleton in the cupboard
Example Sentences
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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
To these questions Mrs. Prettyman made valiant answers: she had a fine spirit, and no wish to let a stranger see the skeleton in the cupboard.
From Robinetta by Allan McAulay
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
After all"—frankly—"you could not have remained with us very long without finding out our particular skeleton in the cupboard.
From The Hermit of Far End by Margaret Pedler
