This expression " a skeleton in the closet" refers to a family secret that is embarrassing or perhaps one that is shameful, that you don't want other people to find out about.
“a skeleton in the closet” 这表达是指一令人尴尬的家庭秘密, 或者是一想让别人知道的耻的秘密。
A good romantic marriage is evidently theoretically possible, but it's also be extremely unlikely in practice, which should make any failure feel a good deal less shameful.
Oh Madam Secretary, let me tell you what, eliminating 18 million dollars out of an 80 billion, 70 or 80 billion-dollar budget. I think is shameful, too.
And I think back on the early days of Twitter, when people would admit shameful secrets about themselves, and other people would say, " Oh my God, I'm exactly the same."