Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

家丑不可外扬。一谚语。

With the dirty linen on display, Francis is determined to pursue his reforms.

随着丑事不断被揭开，弗朗西斯决心继续他的改革。

What? They've been washing their dirty linen in public — you mean they've been arguing?

什么？他们在公开场合谈论私事？你是说他们吵架了？

Don't wash your dirty linen in public, save your argument for when you get home!

家丑不可外扬，你还是等回家再吵吧！

I know he's having an affair but do they have to wash their dirty linen in public?

我知道他有外遇，但他们一定要将家丑外扬吗？

So the expression 'to wash your dirty linen in public' means you discuss private matters in public.

这个短语的意思是在公开场合谈论私事。

People should wash their dirty linen at home, as Napoleon said.

正如拿破仑所说，人们应该在家洗脏衣服。

This is dirty linens and this is where you came in.

这里放脏亚麻桌布 对面是你进来的地方。

Yes. The expression 'to wash your dirty linen in public' describes someone who talks about private matters in public — so everyone can hear them.

知道。这个短语的意思是有人公开谈论私事，而其他人都能听到。

Walter doesn't give me the impression of a fellow who'd care to wash a lot of dirty linen in public'.

沃尔特给我的印象不像一个愿意在公共场合洗很多脏衣服的人。

And no matter which side they took, the relatives heartily deplored the fact that India had taken it upon herself to wash the family dirty linen so publicly and involve Ashley in so degrading a scandal.

亲戚们不管自己的立场怎样，都觉得英迪亚出面来公开宣扬这种家庭丑事，同时把艾希礼也牵连进去，这实在太痛心了。

Along the corridor conducting to the bed-rooms reigned a barrack-like promiscuity-the girls, who were often not very tidy, would gossip there over dirty water and dirty linen, break into frequent quarrels and patch up continual reconciliations.

沿着通向卧室的走廊，到处都是军营式的滥交——通常不太整洁的女孩们会在那里喝着脏水和脏床单八卦，经常吵架，并修补不断的和解。