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People, who are making no bones about having skeletons in their closet, are extremely rare if not existent at all ... "
Judge Clearance Thomas


Liliputins. What, the heck, is this?
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To make no bones about
To make no bones about something means to say something in a way that leaves no doubt, or to have no objection to it. The expression comes from fifteenth century England...if someone wanted to show that they were dissatisfied with something, they would find bones in it - a reference to finding bones in soup, which was not a pleasant discovery!

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Idioms and Phrases
Act or speak frankly about something, without hesitation or evasion.
For example, Tom made no bones about wanting to be promoted , or Make no bones about it—she's very talented . Versions of this expression date back to the mid-1400s and the precise allusion is no longer known. Some believe it meant a boneless stew or soup that one could eat without hesitation; others relate it to dice, originally made from bones, that were thrown without hesitation or fuss.

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Skeleton in the closet

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Skeleton in the Closet.

A political cartoon by cartoonist L. M. Glackens criticizing the United States government (portrayed here as Uncle Sam) protesting the exclusion of Jews in Russia while excluding Chinese immigration domestically.

Skeleton coming out of a closet, here the skeleton of Mirabeau coming out of a hidden closet of king Louis XVI of France in 1792. Caricature from 1792.

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 as early as at least November 1816. 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.

See also
Leichen im Keller haben (German)

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Closeted, describing nondisclosure of sexual or gender identity
Elephant in the room, an English metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is being ignored or goes unaddressed
Nigger in the woodpile (archaic) means "some fact of considerable importance that is not disclosed—something suspicious or wrong"
October surprise, unexpected revelations or discoveries during US presidential elections which can often alter the results of the following November election
References
 The Eclectic Review, Volume 6, p. 468, at Google Books
External links
Phrase of the week: to have a skeleton in the cupboard – One Stop English
The meaning and origin of the expression: A skeleton in the closet – The Phrase Finder