单词 | to wash your dirty linen in public |
释义 | to wash your dirty linen in public or to wash your dirty laundry in public phrase See full dictionary entry for dirty If you say that someone washes their dirty linen in public, you disapprove of their discussing or arguing about unpleasant or private things in front of other people. There are several other forms of this expression, for example wash your dirty laundry in public, or in American English, air your dirty laundry in public. [disapproval] The sight of former MPs washing their dirty linen in public was embarrassing. We shouldn't wash our dirty laundry in public and if I was in his position, I'd say nothing. |
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