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| English | Russian |
| skeleton in the cupboard | постыдная тайна (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| skeleton in the cupboard | скелет в шкафу (BrE q3mi4) |
| the cupboard is bare | в загашнике пусто (used to say that there is no money etc. left that can be used: The workers have been told not to expect a pay rise because the cupboard is bare. 4uzhoj) |