It means you have a guilty secret. Just imagine if you had a dead body in your closet. You wouldn't want anyone to know it.
If someone has a 'skeleton in their closet' it means that they have a secret from their past that they are hiding.
a shameful and shocking secret that people try to keep hidden
It is not an idiom, it means your nose is itching.
idiom means expression like a page in a book
A "china closet" means a closet or piece of furniture where you store fine china, which means dishes made out of china (not the country China). The idiom "a bull in a china closet" is used to express what it would be like if you had a bull in a china closet: all the china dishes would be broken. So if someone is "like a bull in a china closet", they are running around causing trouble or breaking things. "I Was Born In A China Closet" lol
Simply its mean a bully.
I think it means that that person agrees with that others persons idiom and that it fit that question that the teacher or whoever asked that question.
The correct idiom is "a skeleton in the closet."Imagine opening a closet door and seeing a spooky skeleton! This idiom means that something bad is hidden away in someone's past.
she didn't want anyone to know, it was her skeleton in her closet.
The cast of Confessions of an Idiom - 2013 includes: Andy McCain as Skeleton in the Closet
She was worried that the skeleton in the closet would someday come out. A skeleton in the closet is something that you do not want to become known. It is not always easy to keep a skeleton in the closet from becoming known.
It typically means out of place like. In China eating beef is taboo also in the closet like a gay man
The phrase "skeleton in the closet" is used to refer to secrets that people have hidden and don't want other people to know about it. So in a sentence it can be used like this: She didin't want anyone to know, it was her skeleton in the closet. "
If someone has a skeleton in the closet, they have a dark, shameful secret in their past that they want to remain secret.Having a skeleton in one's closet means that someone is keeping a serious secret to themselves. They might have robbed someone in their past, or have a police record. It could also mean that they have had an affair, or done some other activity that they are ashamed of, usually an illegal or corrupt or socially unacceptable activity.
Roseanne - 1988 Skeleton in the Closet 7-6 was released on: USA: 26 October 1994
It means that they have revealed the fact that they are a homosexual.
The phrase "skeleton in the closet" is a metaphorical idiom that refers to a shameful or embarrassing secret that someone is trying to keep hidden. It is not meant to be taken literally, as there is no actual skeleton in a physical closet. The phrase is often used to describe a hidden past or wrongdoing that could potentially damage someone's reputation if revealed.
the science teacher had a model skeleton in her classroom. (EDIT BELOW) The deranged science teacher had a skeleton with fat still on it in her closet.
The cast of The Skeleton in the Closet - 1913 includes: Carlyle Blackwell as Dan - the Deputy Sheriff Paul Hurst as Mason Marin Sais as Kitty Hawkins