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English translation for "dirty linen"

家丑。

Related Translations:
linen:  n.1.亚麻布,亚麻线。2.〔pl.〕 亚麻布类;〔集合词〕亚麻布制品[衬衫、被单等]。3.= linen paper. shoot one's linen (放下手)露出袖口。短语和例子wash one's dirty linen in public [at home] 家丑外扬[不外扬]。adj.亚麻的,亚麻布制的;亚麻色的。
dirty:  adj.(dirtier;dirtiest) 1.龌龊的,肮脏的,污秽的,不干净的;(原子核)污染的。2.(手段等)卑鄙的。3.下流的,猥亵的。4.(钱财等)不正当的。5.恶意的(话)。6.(脸色)难看的。7.(天气)恶劣的。8.(颜色等)浑浊的。9.(喇叭)声调邪乎的。10.有毒瘾的,吸毒的 (opp. clean)。短语和例子That's a dirty shame!
staple linen:  大宗生产亚麻织品。
chinese linen:  夏布。
linen paper:  布纹纸。
table linen:  餐桌用布类(桌布,餐巾等)。
linen draper:  〔英国〕亚麻布制品商。
linen closet:  (放床单、桌布等的)亚麻织品衣橱。
boiled linen:  脱胶亚麻布,精练亚麻布。
bed linen:  床用织品〔床单、枕套等〕。
Example Sentences:
1.I won't air your dirty linen in public .
我不会轻易揭别人的短。
2.Dirty linen should be washed in private, as napoleon used to say .
拿破仑说过,脏衣服得躲在家里洗。
3.We'll talk about it when the guests have gone. let's not wash our dirty linen in public .
咱们还是莫把家丑外扬,这件事等客人走后再说吧!
4.Even if we aired his dirty linen i think he'd prefer minor martyrdom to talking, betraying his vows .
既使我们把他的丑事张扬出去,我想他也会宁肯吃点苦头也不愿违背自己的誓言而开口。
5.He is curiously secretive for one who, according to some of his contemporary reviewers, liked to wash his dirty linen in public .
在他那个时代,有些批评家说他最喜欢宣扬家五,果真如此,他又显得过于躲躲闪闪了。
6.Don ' t wash your dirty linen in public
不要在公共场所洗你的脏内衣
7.Wash your dirty linen at home
谚家丑不可外扬。
8.Tom is a drug addict , but the family never air its dirty linen in public
汤姆吸毒成瘾,但他全家人对此守口如瓶。
9.In a lifetime 22 workmen will have examined the contents of your dirty linen basket
一生当中会有22个工人偷偷翻过你放脏内衣裤的篮子。
10.Mr . green quarrelled with his wife last night . he said she seemed to enjoy washing their dirty linen in public
格林先生昨晚同他的太太吵了一架。他说他太太好像把在公众场合谈论家里的私事作为一种乐趣。
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