skeleton in the cupboard

English

Noun

skeleton in the cupboard (plural skeletons in the cupboard)

(Britain, idiomatic) A shameful secret.

Synonyms

skeleton in the closet (US)

Translations

shameful secret

Chinese:
Cantonese: 家醜 (gaa¹ cau²)

Mandarin: 家醜 (zh), 家丑 (zh) (jiāchǒu)

Min Nan: 家醜 (ka-chhiú), ka-chhiú
Czech: kostlivec ve skříni (cs) m
Dutch: lijk in de kast n
Estonian: luukere kapis
Finnish: luuranko kaapissa
French: cadavre dans le placard (fr) m, squelette dans le placard (fr) m

German: eine Leiche im Keller (de) f, Dreck am Stecken (de) m
Greek: σκελετός στην ντουλάπα m (skeletós stin doulápa)
Kurdish: şerrnizariya veşartî
Lithuanian: kompromatas m
Polish: trup w szafie m, skielet w szafie m
Russian: скеле́т в шкафу́ (ru) m (skelét v škafú), (family secret) семе́йная та́йна f (seméjnaja tájna)
Spanish: esqueleto en el armario m
Swedish: ett skelett i garderoben (sv) n

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