每个人都有自己的秘密,有的可以告人,有的就不可告人，不过话说回来，谁还没有一点小隐私呢？

    那么如何用英文表达：“不可告人的秘密”呢？今天大家和小航一起来学习下吧！

    1.a skeleton in the closet

    (1) skeleton “骨骼，骷髅”

    (2) closet “壁橱，橱柜”

    (3) a skeleton in the closet字面意思“壁橱里的骷髅”，引申义为“不可告人的秘密，丑事，黑历史”

    英语解释为an embarrassing or unpleasant secret about something，that happened to you in the past。

    例

    Ben didn't believe her when she said ，

    that she didn't have any skeletons in the closet.

    本不相信她说的她没有什么不可告人的秘密。

    Size eight? Ha! She always told me she was a size six.

    We found the skeleton in her closet.

    八号的？她一直说她穿六号，

    她的小秘密曝光了。《绝望的主妇》

    2. dirty laundry

    （1）dirty laundry表示“脏衣服”,

    引申义为“不可告人的秘密，丑事”

    英语解释为one's very private, personal matters,especially that which may be embarrassing。

    例

    Everyone has a little dirty laundry.

    每个人都有不可告人的秘密。

    I don't want to hear about her dirty laundry.

    我不想听她的丑事。

    （2）wash/air one's dirty laundry/linen “把丑事外扬，把丑事公开”

    英语解释为to discuss very private,

    personal matters, especially ,

    that which may be embarrassing or bad,

    in public or with other people。

    例

    I don't see why he must wash his dirty laundry in public.

    我不明白他为什么一定要公开他的家丑。

    Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

    家丑不可外扬。