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
"The skeleton in the cupboard," he muttered to himself gloomily.
From Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
Our family had a skeleton in the cupboard, and the name of it was Uncle George.
From The Queen of Hearts by Collins, Wilkie
Wife locked up at home, skeleton in the cupboard.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
