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1 семейная тайна
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2 тайна, тщательно скрываемая от посторонних
General subject: family skeleton, skeleton in the cupboard, the family skeleton, dark secretУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > тайна, тщательно скрываемая от посторонних
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3 тайна
ж1) нечто непознанное mystery; secretнеразга́данная та́йна — unsolved mystery
та́йна возникнове́ния жи́зни на земле́ — the mystery/the secret of how life on earth began
оку́танный та́йной — shroud(ed)/wrapped in mystery
для меня́ по-пре́жнему та́йна, как он вообще́ сюда́ попа́л — it's still a mystery to me how he managed to get here
2) секрет secretвое́нная/госуда́рственная та́йна — military/state secret
семе́йная та́йна — skeleton in the cupboard, family skeleton
в глубо́кой та́йне — in strict secrecy
храни́ть та́йну — to guard/to keep a secret
вы́дать та́йну — to betray/to give away/to divulge lit, выболтать to blurt out coll a secret
раскры́ть та́йну — to reveal/to uncover a secret
уже́ ни для кого́ не та́йна, что… — it's an open secret that…
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4 Под каждой крышей свои мыши
There is no community or fam ily that does not have any troubles or shameful secrets. See Каждый дом имеет свой содом (K), У каждой избушки свои погремушки (У)Cf: Accidents /will/ happen in the best of families (Am.). Accidents will happen in the best regulated families (Am., Br.). No house without mouse (Br.). No larder but has its mice (Br.). There is a skeleton in every house (Am., Br.). There's a skeleton in every family /closet/ (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Под каждой крышей свои мыши
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