- Something nasty in the woodshed
- Something nasty in the woodshed means that someone as a dark secret or an unpleasant experience in their past.
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Something nasty in the woodshed
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something nasty in the woodshed — means that someone as a dark secret or an unpleasant experience in their past … The small dictionary of idiomes
something nasty in the woodshed — ► something nasty in the woodshed Brit. informal a shocking or distasteful thing that has been kept secret. [ORIGIN: from the novel Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (1933).] Main Entry: ↑woodshed … English terms dictionary
something nasty in the woodshed — Something nasty in the woodshed means that someone as a dark secret or an unpleasant experience in their past. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
something nasty in the woodshed Brit. — something nasty in the woodshed Brit. informal a shocking or distasteful thing that has been kept secret. [from the novel Cold Comfort Farm (1932) by Stella Gibbons.] → woodshed … English new terms dictionary
woodshed — ► NOUN ▪ a shed where firewood is stored. ● something nasty in the woodshed Cf. ↑something nasty in the woodshed … English terms dictionary
woodshed — noun a shed where firewood is stored. verb (woodsheds, woodshedding, woodshedded) [usu. as noun woodshedding] informal (of a musician) practise in private. ↘improvise or harmonize spontaneously. Phrases something nasty in the woodshed Brit.… … English new terms dictionary
woodshed — n. a shed where wood for fuel is stored. Phrases and idioms: something nasty in the woodshed colloq. a shocking or distasteful thing kept secret … Useful english dictionary
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Cold Comfort Farm — 1935 edition … Wikipedia
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