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Meanings of dirty laundry in English

Personal matters that could be embarrassing if made public.

Usage of dirty laundry in English
1
AS: It's very difficult, because nobody wants to air their dirty laundry.
Ebony
2
Was I helping Fanny in any way by airing her dirty laundry?
In a gilded cage
3
The important thing is to keep your dirty laundry private, isn't it?
Night of knives
4
Do they then have the right to air the show's dirty laundry?
Reuters
5
Garret would also hire a private eye to check for dirty laundry.
Act of treason
6
Granny is angry at Kat for airing their dirty laundry in public.
The South African
7
In the meantime with her deformed hands she removed the lodgers' dirty laundry.
The Quest
8
The plastic tub comes pre-assembled and requires just dirty laundry, soap and water.
Wired
9
It is often seen as divisive, tantamount to airing dirty laundry.
The Guardian
10
Barely a teenager, she worked for nearly five years cleaning society's dirty laundry.
The Irish Times
11
What had he been thinking, airing a company's dirty laundry without their permission?
Wired
12
COMMENT Taylor Swift has made a career out of airing her dirty laundry.
News.com.au
13
She could latch on to anyone's dirty laundry before you could say have-you-heard-the-latest-about-Sam-Delacorte.
Rage
14
The clothes settled flat and became as neutral as dirty laundry.
Salem’s Lot
15
The table was covered with piles of dirty laundry and bottles of detergent.
In the hat: a novel of suspense
16
Dan jammed dirty laundry into the washer, then dumped laundry soap on top.
Dangerous Women
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Dirty laundry through the time
Dirty laundry across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common