dirty linen

基本解释

When Mr.Brown returned from the meeting, he was criticized by the manager for washing the company's dirty linen in public.
布朗先生出席会议归来受到了经理的斥责，因为他泄露了公司的机密。
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.
随着私立离婚法庭的出现，那些高调结婚又即将分手的夫妇也许很快就能避免在公众眼皮下晒家丑的命运了。
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.
他说，大多数批评他的人是年轻人，他们或者不喜欢看到他揭露中国黑暗的一面，或者根本没有意识到他在书中描写的那些阴暗面依然存在于现代的中国。

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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