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Discover LudwigThe phrase "dirty linen" is correct and usable in written English.
It is an idiomatic expression used to describe something that is unpleasant, especially unpleasant family secrets or problems. For example, you might say "We should never air our dirty linen in public".
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It may look unseemly to wash dirty linen in public.
* Don't hang out your dirty linen, and don't gloat when the others stumble.
"Shameless opportunism," the government replied, urging the MNR to wash its own dirty linen in public.
He does not want too much of the party's dirty linen washed in public.
We put all the dirty linen on the table, and we answer everyone's questions.
None of them really wanted their dirty linen aired in public.
Some people think there is already enough dirty linen being washed in Italian bookshops.
Bad loans were replaced with fresh ones like so much dirty linen.
The luminous figure is alive but poised and contained, not simply dumped amid dirty linen.
Then, after the collapse, the dirty linen falls out of the closet.
On the floor beneath the note are stacks of firefighters' coats, piled up like dirty linen.
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