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
Our family had a skeleton in the cupboard, and the name of it was Uncle George.
From The Queen of Hearts by Collins, Wilkie
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
Ambrose was aware of the skeleton in the cupboard.
From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.
