【字面理解】柜子里的骷髏
【英文解析】something shocking, embarrassing, etc. that has happened to one in the past that one wants to keep secret
【中文解析】(不可外揚(yáng)的)秘密,家丑;隱情
【典型例句】① The new presidential candidate is certainly popular, but does he have any skeletons in the cupboard?新的總統(tǒng)候選人當(dāng)然很受歡迎,不過他有沒有什么不 可見人的丑事呢?
② Most families have one or two skeletons in the cupboard.大多數(shù)家庭都有一兩樁不可外楊的家丑。
【注釋】源自童話故事《藍(lán)胡子》(BlueBeardh藍(lán)胡子(一個(gè)富翁)出去做生意的時(shí)候?qū)⒎孔永锼械蔫€匙都留 給了他的老婆,告訴她只有長長走廊盡頭的那個(gè)儲藏 室她不能去。她打開那個(gè)儲藏室,發(fā)現(xiàn)里面藏著他從 前的多個(gè)老婆的尸體。變體:skeletons in the closet。