dirty laundry noun
Learner's definition of DIRTY LAUNDRY
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: private information that causes shame and embarrassment when it is made public隐私；家丑 -
The company is trying to keep its dirty laundry from being aired/washed in public.公司正在努力不让内部丑闻公之于众。
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Let's not air our dirty laundry [=discuss our problems, make our problems known] in public.咱们别让家丑外扬。
— called also dirty linen