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safinaz
 
Reply Sat 6 Oct, 2007 04:23 pm
the reports constitude of the "skeletons in the closet".

what is the meaning of the expression "skeletons in the closet" ????
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Sat 6 Oct, 2007 04:30 pm
having skeletons in the closet means one has something to hide...
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Reply Fri 7 Dec, 2007 05:16 pm
Things from the past that we don't want to come out to the public or be revealed.

For example, an elected official may not want his teenage behavior of shop-lifting to get revealed 35 years later. That would be his "skeleton in the closet."
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