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culture
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what does the expression \a skeleton in the closet\ mean?
being infested with termites
having a secret one doesnt want to confess
no longer having fashionable clothes
being hungry and thirsty
The phrase "a skeleton in the closet" is an idiom. Idioms are expressions that have a figurative meaning different from the literal meaning of the words. In this case, the figurative meaning is about having a secret one doesn't want to confess. The other options are literal interpretations of parts of the phrase (e.g., "closet" related to clothes, "skeleton" - termites might be a stretch but still not the idiomatic sense; "hungry and thirsty" has no relation).
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