skeleton in the cupboard

1. The terrible secret is called 'a skeleton in the cupboard'.
   这个骇人听闻的秘密叫做柜中骷髅。
2. The terrible secret is called a skeleton in the cupboard.
   惊人的秘密称作“柜中骷髅”。
3. They had a skeleton in the cupboard.
   他们的碗橱有一具骷髅。
4. She never refers to her childhood; I wonder if she has a skeleton in the cupboard?
   她从来不谈及其童年，我怀疑她是否有隐秘的家庭丑事。
5. His youngest daughter has been twice sent to prison, and I suppose this is his skeleton in the cupboard.
   他的小女儿曾两次入狱，我想这件事是他的一块心病。
6. Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.
   “在家一条龙，出外一条虫”怎么说？
7. The only person I know who has a skeleton in the cupboard is George Carlton, and he is very proud of the fact.
   我所认识的唯一的在柜中藏骷髅的人便是乔治卡尔顿，他甚至引以为自豪。
8. There is a skeleton in the cupboard.
   这是一个不为人知的家丑。
9. She's the skeleton in the family cupboard, isn't she?
   我几乎不记得她了，她是家庭衣橱里的骷髅，是吗？
10. Every family is said to have at least one skeleton in the cupboard.
    据说家家户户多多少少都有自家丑事。

noun

1. a scandal that is kept secret
   1. there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet

   Synonym:    skeletonskeleton in the closet