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

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 Pedler, Margaret

Since it seemed that a woman was concerned, might not the grim skeleton in the cupboard prove to be a disgraceful as well as a gruesome one?

From The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story by Bayly, A. Eric

We've a skeleton in the cupboard at Dawn, too, you know, as every respectable Highland family has.

From The White Blackbird by Douglas, Hudson