'skeleton of the past' is correct and usable in written English. You can use it when referring to the remains of something that has passed or is no longer relevant. For example, "The skeleton of the past still lingers in the room like a ghost, reminding us of our history.".
I'll live in the present, while I fight the skeleton hands of the past so I can have a future.
That is the skeleton of the plot, which is sentimental.
"But I am also not asking for us to review all the skeletons from the past".
The Women in Leadership team is divided over this one … New Year's Resolutions highlight your failures and discourage you from living in the present, says Lottie O'Conor In the darkest corner of my wardrobe lie the skeletons of resolutions past.
Other Experiences of the Past.
Let go of the past.
Two blocks to the west, past the barricades at Liberty Street and a long stretch of emptiness, stood the broken skeleton of the World Trade Center.
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