skeleton in the closet
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A potentially embarrassing secret: “Before nominating the new judge, the committee asked him if he had any skeletons in the closet.”
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skeleton in the closet
A shameful secret, as in Both her parents were alcoholics; that was the skeleton in her closet. This metaphoric term alludes to a murder victim long concealed in a closet, possibly based on some true incident that is now forgotten. [Early 1800s]
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