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schmutzige Wäsche waschen

to air one's dirty laundry in public

Türkçe: kirli çamaşırları ortaya dökmek

Noun
die Wäsche f.
Verb
waschen
Topic
Alltag und Redewendungen

In a sentence

Which form of waschen fills the gap?

Das Ehepaar ____ seine schmutzige Wäsche vor allen Gästen.

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Das Ehepaar wäscht seine schmutzige Wäsche vor allen Gästen.

How it is used

Idiom: to discuss private quarrels or scandals in public. Colloquial and always negative, often with 'in der Öffentlichkeit' or 'vor anderen'. The literal sense (doing the washing) also exists.

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