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What would parading one's dirty linen in public mean in layman's language?

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Question added by Nicholas Poshayi , Teacher/Librarian/Academic Teacher , Brooke Bond School
Date Posted: 2014/04/22
Shagufta Zafar
by Shagufta Zafar , Principal , Allied School

exposing family affairs in public.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Letting people know your personal business even if you didn't really want them to know!! Happens a lot during arguments when tempers get heated and things get said which might later be regretted, if these "things" are overheard by third parties, it would be classed as "washing your dirty linen in public"!

Majeda Tahboub
by Majeda Tahboub , Expert Educator , Jude Publications

It means to publish private stories.

anayat bukhari
by anayat bukhari , Researcher, English Content Writer, Publisher , Noor Foundation

"Don't wash your dirty linen in public" is an idiomatic phrase. It is used to stop someone to discuss private problems in public.

Example:

If a husband has some dispute with his wife, he should not discuss it in the family or relatives or children. 

ashraf taha
by ashraf taha , مدرس - teacher , مراكز تعليمية - Educational centers

I agree with anayat bukhari

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