skeleton in the cupboard

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25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Cantonese: 家醜 /家丑 (gaa1 cau2) — shameful secret
• Chinese: 家醜 /家丑 (ka-chhiú) — shameful secret
• Chinese: ka-chhiú — shameful secret
• Chinese Mandarin: 家醜 /家丑 (jiāchǒu) — shameful secret
• Czech: kostlivec ve skříni — shameful secret
• Danish: skelet i skabet — shameful secret
• Dutch: lijk in de kast — shameful secret
• Estonian: luukere kapis — shameful secret
• Finnish: luuranko kaapissa — shameful secret
• French: cadavre dans le placard — shameful secret
• French: squelette dans le placard — shameful secret
• German: Leiche im Keller — shameful secret
• German: Dreck am Stecken — shameful secret
• Greek: σκελετός στην ντουλάπα (skeletós stin ntoulápa) — shameful secret
• Italian: scheletro nell'armadio — shameful secret
• Northern Kurdish: şerrnizariya veşartî — shameful secret
• Lithuanian: kompromatas — shameful secret
• Norwegian Bokmål: skjelett i skapet — shameful secret
• Polish: trup w szafie — shameful secret
• Polish: szkielet w szafie — shameful secret
• Portuguese: esqueleto no armário — shameful secret
• Russian: скеле́т в шкафу́ (skelét v škafú) — shameful secret
• Russian: семе́йная та́йна (seméjnaja tájna) — shameful secret
• Spanish: esqueleto en el armario — shameful secret
• Swedish: skelett i garderoben — shameful secret