skeleton in the closet or cupboard,any embarrassing, shameful, or damaging secret. [1570–80; < New Latin < Greek: dried corpse, skeleton, n. use of neuter ofskeletósdried up, v. adj. ofskélleinto dry] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd....
7. (foll by: on) to take great delight (in): to feast on beautiful paintings. 8. (tr) to regale or delight: to feast one's mind or one's eyes. [C13: from Old French feste, from Latin festa, neuter plural (later assumed to be feminine singular) of festus joyful; related to...
skeleton in the closet or cupboard, any embarrassing, shameful, or damaging secret. [1570–80; < New Latin < Greek: dried corpse, skeleton, n. use of neuter of skeletós dried up, v. adj. of skéllein to dry] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionari...