a skeleton in the/ closet

a skeleton in the/somebody's closet

a secret that would cause embarrassment if it were known People almost always have skeletons in their closets, parts of their lives they don't want to reveal.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jerome	[dʒə'rəum]
Adrian	AY-dree-ən (English), AHD-ryahn (Polish), AH-dree-ahn (German), ah-dree-AHN (Russian)	English, Romanian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian
AgnÉ	-	Lithuanian
Yazhu	-	Chinese
Nogah	-	Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
ĐUro	JOO-ro	Croatian, Serbian