dirty linen

基本解釋

When Mr.Brown returned from the meeting, he was criticized by the manager for washing the company's dirty linen in public.
布朗先生出席會議歸來受到了經(jīng)理的斥責，因為他泄露了公司的機密。
High-profile married couples who are splitting up may soon be able to avoid airing their dirty linen in public with the advent of private divorce courts.
隨著私立離婚法庭的出現(xiàn)，那些高調(diào)結(jié)婚又即將分手的夫婦也許很快就能避免在公眾眼皮下曬家丑的命運了。
Most of his critics, he says, are young people who are either ashamed he's airing China's dirty linen, or don't even realize that the corrupt backwaters he describes still exist in modern China.
他說，大多數(shù)批評他的人是年輕人，他們或者不喜歡看到他揭露中國黑暗的一面，或者根本沒有意識到他在書中描寫的那些陰暗面依然存在于現(xiàn)代的中國。

But by washing too much dirty linen in public, Mohammed risks a backlash from the old guard of his father's court.
ECONOMIST: Morocco
More dirty linen tumbled out.
FORBES: OutFront