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.
佈朗先生出蓆會(huì)議歸來(lái)受到了經(jīng)理的斥責(zé)，因爲(wèi)他泄露了公司的機(jī)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衆(zhòng)眼皮下曬家醜的命運(yùn)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(shuō)，大多數(shù)批評(píng)他的人是年輕人，他們或者不喜歡看到他揭露中國(guó)黑暗的一麪，或者根本沒(méi)有意識(shí)到他在書(shū)中描寫的那些隂暗麪依然存在於現(xiàn)代的中國(guó)。

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.
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