dirty laundry
Secrets best hidden
Dirty laundry is clothing that needs washing, but the phrase more often refers to private matters that would be embarrassing if made public: The divorce trial aired all their dirty laundry.
To wash your dirty laundry in public is to discuss personal problems or scandals openly rather than keeping them private.
Disgraceful public affair
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- skeletonsInternal bony structures
- exposeMake known publicly
- shamefulCausing or meriting disgrace
hidden · confessions · revelations · sordid · compromising · hush-hush · taboo · leaks
scandal
Disgraceful public affair
shameful · hidden · confessions · revelations · sordid · compromising · hush-hush · taboo · leaks · rumors
hamper
Obstruct or clothes basket
detergent · basket · socks · underwear · linens · washer · dryer · laundromat · clothesline · bleach
- laundrywashing machine, wash, dryer, clothes dryer, fold
- secrecysecrecy, secret, secrets, confidential, classified
- Procrastination pileoverdue bills, unread emails, eye exam, oil change
- sloppinessmessiness, untidiness, dishevelment, slovenliness, unkemptness
- cover-upscover up, conceal, hush up, suppress, whitewash
- gossiprumor, rumors, gossip, hearsay, whisper
dirty laundryclean record
Absence of prior offenses
good name · clean slate · open book · clean hands · nothing to hide
dirty laundrygood deeds
Helpful, moral actions
achievements · accomplishments · honors · accolades · virtues
dirty, dirt, laundry, dirtied, dirtiness, dirtying, dirts, dirties, dirtily