dirty linen meaning in English
家丑。
Examples
- I won't air your dirty linen in public .
我不会轻易揭别人的短。 - 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。 - 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！ - 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。 - 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。