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dirty linen 家丑。

dirty money

Every time that golden - haired girls and men in dirty linen came out and stared at him he returned to his post in front of the reading room , where , looking in between two advertisements posted on a windowpane , he was always greeted by the same sight . it was a little old man , sitting stiff and solitary at the vast table and holding a green newspaper in his green hands under the green light of one of the lamps 每當有不戴帽子的姑娘和衣衫骯臟的男人走出來,上下打量著他時,他便回到閱覽室前面,佇立在那兒,從貼在玻璃窗上的兩張廣告中間向里面張望,映入他眼簾的還是同樣景象:一個小老頭子獨自一人僵直地坐在一張碩大無朋的桌子邊,在綠色的燈光下,用綠色的雙手捧著一張綠色的報紙閱讀著。

Everyone in the office knew that the manager and the secretary were angry with each other because they aired their dirty linen in public 辦公室里的每個人都知道經理同秘書關系不睦,因為他們在大庭廣眾之下說出了他們吵架的事。

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。他說他太太好像把在公眾場合談論家里的私事作為一種樂趣。

In a lifetime 22 workmen will have examined the contents of your dirty linen basket 一生當中會有22個工人偷偷翻過你放臟內衣褲的籃子。

Tom is a drug addict , but the family never air its dirty linen in public 湯姆吸毒成癮,但他全家人對此守口如瓶。

Wash your dirty linen at home 諺家丑不可外揚。

Don ' t wash your dirty linen in public 不要在公共場所洗你的臟內衣

He is curiously secretive for one who, according to some of his contemporary reviewers, liked to wash his dirty linen in public . 在他那個時代,有些批評家說他最喜歡宣揚家五,果真如此,他又顯得過于躲躲閃閃了。

Even if we aired his dirty linen i think he'd prefer minor martyrdom to talking, betraying his vows . 既使我們把他的丑事張揚出去,我想他也會寧肯吃點苦頭也不愿違背自己的誓言而開口。

We'll talk about it when the guests have gone. let's not wash our dirty linen in public . 咱們還是莫把家丑外揚,這件事等客人走后再說吧!