dirty linen 是什么意思

personal matters that could be embarrassing if made public
同义词：dirty laundry,

Dirty Linen was a bi-monthly magazine of folk and world music based in Baltimore, Maryland. The magazine ceased publication in the spring of 2010.

	1.	I won't air your dirty linen in public . 我不会轻易揭别人的短。
	2.	Dirty linen should be washed in private, as napoleon used to say . 拿破仑说过，脏衣服得躲在家里洗。
	3.	We'll talk about it when the guests have gone. let's not wash our dirty linen in public . 咱们还是莫把家丑外扬，这件事等客人走后再说吧！
	4.	Even if we aired his dirty linen i think he'd prefer minor martyrdom to talking, betraying his vows . 既使我们把他的丑事张扬出去，我想他也会宁肯吃点苦头也不愿违背自己的誓言而开口。
	5.	He is curiously secretive for one who, according to some of his contemporary reviewers, liked to wash his dirty linen in public . 在他那个时代，有些批评家说他最喜欢宣扬家五，果真如此，他又显得过于躲躲闪闪了。
	6.	Don ' t wash your dirty linen in public 不要在公共场所洗你的脏内衣
	7.	Wash your dirty linen at home 谚家丑不可外扬。
	8.	Tom is a drug addict , but the family never air its dirty linen in public 汤姆吸毒成瘾，但他全家人对此守口如瓶。
	9.	In a lifetime 22 workmen will have examined the contents of your dirty linen basket 一生当中会有22个工人偷偷翻过你放脏内衣裤的篮子。
	10.	Mr . green quarrelled with his wife last night . he said she seemed to enjoy washing their dirty linen in public 格林先生昨晚同他的太太吵了一架。他说他太太好像把在公众场合谈论家里的私事作为一种乐趣。

dirty linen是什么意思