skeleton in the cupboard
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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
The chief thing to qualify the welcome is the fact that the author is too fond of hinting at the skeleton in the cupboard of what people call "modern thought."
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 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 Pedler, Margaret
NOW there was a skeleton in the cupboard of General Napoleon Smith.
From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
