dirty laundry

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === dirty laundry (uncountable) (idiomatic) Unflattering or embarrassing facts, or questionable activities that one wants to remain secret, but which someone else may use as blackmail. (metonymic) A clothes hamper or other container in which soiled laundry is placed. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dirty,‎ laundry. ==== Synonyms ==== dirty washing ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== dirty linen