the phrase skeletons in the closet came from british journal the eclectic review.
the phrase skeletons in the closet came from british journal the eclectic review.
where did the phrase skeletons in the closet come from?
british journal the eclectic review
skeleton in the closet or skeleton in the cupboard is a colloquial phrase and idiom used to describe an undisclosed fact about someone which, if revealed, would damage perceptions of the person; it evokes the idea of someone having had a human corpse concealed in their home so long that all its flesh had decomposed to the bone. "cupboard" may be used in british english instead of the american english word "closet". it is known to have been used as a phrase, at least as early as november 1816, in the monthly british journal "the eclectic review", page 468. it is listed in both the oxford english dictionary, and webster's dictionary, under the word "skeleton". the "cambridge academic content dictionary" lists it under this but also as a separate idiom. in the most derisive of usage; murder, or significant culpability in a years-old disappearance or non-understood event (a mystery), may be implied by the phrase.
skeleton in the closet (idiom)
bullet::::- "jerangkung dalam almari" ("skeletons in the closet"), episode 6 of "gol & gincu"









































bullet::::- "skeletons in the closet" season 2, episode 7 of "nightmare next door"









































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bullet::::- "", 1974 album by the grateful dead









































bullet::::- "r&b skeletons in the closet," 1986 album by george clinton









































bullet::::- "skeletons in the closet" (oingo boingo album), 1989









































bullet::::- "skeletons in the closet" (venom album), 1993 album by venom









































bullet::::- "skeletons in the closet," 1996 album by the sharp









































bullet::::- "skeletons in the closet" (gamma ray album), 2003









































bullet::::- "skeletons in the closet" (children of bodom album), 2009









































section::::music.:songs.
skeleton in the closet