| Russian | English |
| семейный скелет | something nasty in the woodshed (The British-English phrase something nasty in the woodshed and variants are used to denote a traumatic or unpleasant experience in a person's history, or something, especially something shocking or distasteful, that is or has been concealed or kept secret. VLZ_58) |
| скелет в шкафу | skeleton in the cupboard (BrE q3mi4) |
| скелет в шкафу | frame in the wardrobe (тщательно оберегаемая тайна,как правило, неприятного свойства Rust71) |
| скелет в шкафу | deep, dark secret (A piece of information that is extremely private and confidential, usually implied to be embarrassing, incriminating, or shameful: I've carried my fear of clowns as a deep, dark secret for many years now. Many saw her as a perfect candidate, but no one could have known she had a deep, dark secret from her past. Bullfinch) |
| скелет в шкафу | skeleton in the closet (AmE q3mi4) |
| худой как скелет | as skinny as a rake (Andrey Truhachev) |
