To wash your dirty linen in public

在公共场合清洗脏床单

Learning English Conversations

2016-11-01

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Are you discussing your private life in public? Here's an expression to describe what you're doing
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  • The English we speak from bbclearningenglish.com hello and welcome to the English We Speak with me, Fei Fei and me Rob.

  • Hello.

  • Hey, Fei Fei.

  • You know that expression to wash your dirty linen in public?

  • Yes.

  • The expression to wash your dirty linen in public describes someone who talks

  • about private matters in public so everyone can hear them.

  • You wouldn't catch me doing that.

  • Nor me.

  • I always keep private matters private.

  • But anyway, it's exactly what Daisy and Tom have been doing.

  • What?

  • They've been washing their dirty linen in public.

  • You mean they've been arguing?

  • Well, not exactly.

  • But yesterday they were out in the garden making lots of noise.

  • Oh, I see.

  • Actually, Rob, I think, and I'm sure.