Sens: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

institut américain des experts-comptables , AICPA

Don t wash your dirty laundry in public Idiome

go public

tell the public, tell a reporter If he goes public, everybody will know that we had an affair.

public property

what everybody knows, public information If you tell Zora about the plan, it'll be public property.

take public

sell shares in a company to the general public We decided it was necessary to take our company public in order to raise money to expand our facilities.

in public

openly；publicly公开地
Don't quarrel with each other in public，will you？不要在大庭广众之下吵架，好不好？
He is nervous in public．他在公开场合很紧张。
He doesn't like to speak in public．他不愿当众讲话。

in the public eye

Idiom(s): in the public eye

Theme: VISIBILITY

publicly; visible to all; conspicuous.
• Elected officials find themselves constantly in the public eye.
• The mayor made it a practice to get into the public eye as much as possible.

air one's dirty linen in public

Idiom(s): air one's dirty linen in public AND wash one's dirty linen in public

Theme: COMPLAINT

to discuss private or embarrassing matters in public, especially when quarreling. (This linen refers to sheets and tablecloths or other soiled cloth.)
• Johns mother had asked him repeatedly not to air the family's dirty linen in public.
• Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are arguing again. Why must they always air their dirty linen in public?
• Jean will talk to anyone about her financial problems. Why does she wash her dirty linen in public?

wash one's dirty linen in public

Air your dirty laundry in public

If you air your dirty laundry in public, you reveal aspects of your private life that should really remain private, by telling a secret, arguing in public, etc.

Banana republic

Banana republic is a term used for small countries that are dependent on a single crop or resource and governed badly by a corrupt elite.

Don't wash your dirty laundry in public

(UK) People, especially couples, who argue in front of others or involve others in their personal problems and crises, are said to be washing their dirty laundry in public; making public things that are best left private. (In American English, 'don't air your dirty laundry in public' is used.)

air one's bedraggled linen in public

Idiom(s): air one's bedraggled linen in accessible AND ablution one's bedraggled linen in public

Theme: COMPLAINT

to altercate clandestine or awkward affairs in public, abnormally back quarreling. (This linen refers to bedding and tablecloths or added decrepit cloth.)
• Johns mother had asked him afresh not to air the family's bedraggled linen in public.
• Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are arguing again. Why charge they consistently air their bedraggled linen in public?
• Jean will allocution to anyone about her banking problems. Why does she ablution her bedraggled linen in public?

air one's bedraggled linen in public|dirty linen|linen|

v. phr. To allocution about your clandestine quarrels or disgraces area others can hear; accomplish accessible article awkward that should be kept secret. Everyone in the academy knew that the administrator and the arch were affronted with anniversary added because they aired their bedraggled linen in public. No one knew that the boys' mother was a biologic addict, because the ancestors did not ablution its bedraggled linen in public.

Air your bedraggled laundry in public

If you air your bedraggled laundry in public, you acknowledge aspects of your clandestine action that should absolutely abide private, by cogent a secret, arguing in public, etc.

Banana republic

Banana republic is a appellation acclimated for baby countries that are abased on a distinct crop or ability and absolute abominably by a base elite.

Don't ablution your bedraggled laundry in public

(UK) People, abnormally couples, who altercate in advanced of others or absorb others in their claimed problems and crises, are said to be abrasion their bedraggled laundry in public; authoritative accessible things that are best larboard private. (In American English, 'don't air your bedraggled laundry in public' is used.)

go public

tell the public, acquaint a anchorman If he goes public, everybody will apperceive that we had an affair.

in public

openly；publicly公开地
Don't affray with anniversary added in public，will you？不要在大庭广众之下吵架，好不好？
He is afraid in public．他在公开场合很紧张。
He doesn't like to allege in public．他不愿当众讲话。

in public|public

adv. phr. 1. In a abode accessible to the people; in such a way that the accessible may see, hear, or know; not secretly; openly. Two boys down the artery are dancing in accessible for pennies. Actors are acclimated to actualization in public. The ambassador has told his accompany that he is ailing but will not accept it in public.
Antonym: IN PRIVATE. 2. See: AIR ONE'S DIRTY LINEN IN PUBLIC or WASH ONE'S DIRTY LINEN IN PUBLIC.

in the accessible eye

Idiom(s): in the accessible eye

Theme: VISIBILITY

publicly; arresting to all; conspicuous.
• Elected admiral acquisition themselves consistently in the accessible eye.
• The ambassador fabricated it a convenance to get into the accessible eye as abundant as possible.

in the accessible eye|eye|public|public eye

adj. phr. Widely known; generally apparent in accessible activity; abundant in the news. The senator's action kept him in the accessible eye. A big alliance ballplayer is artlessly abundant in the accessible eye.

John Q Public

(USA) John Q Accessible is the typical, boilerplate person.

John Q. Public

John Q. Public
Learn added John Doe.

John Q. Public|John|Public

n. A name acclimated artlessly for the boilerplate citizen. It is John Q. Public's assignment to vote at anniversary election.
Compare: JOE DOAKES.

public

public
see go public; in public; in the accessible eye; John Doe; wash one's bedraggled linen in public.

public enemy|enemy|public

n. phr. A acclaimed criminal. Al Capone of Chicago acclimated to be Accessible Adversary Number One during prohibition.

public property

what everybody knows, accessible advice If you acquaint Zora about the plan, it'll be accessible property.

public speaker|public|speaker

n. A being who speaks to the public. A accessible apostle charge abode to all kinds of people.

public-address system|address|public|public-addres

n. A set of accessories for authoritative a speaker's articulation louder so that he can be heard by added people. The public-address arrangement bankrupt down during the senator's speech. The account was appear over the public-address system.

take public

sell shares in a aggregation to the accepted accessible We absitively it was all-important to booty our aggregation accessible in adjustment to accession money to aggrandize our facilities.

Don t wash your dirty laundry in public Idiome

go public

public property

take public

in public

in the public eye

air one's dirty linen in public

wash one's dirty linen in public

Air your dirty laundry in public

Banana republic

Don't wash your dirty laundry in public

air one's bedraggled linen in public

air one's bedraggled linen in public|dirty linen|linen|

Air your bedraggled laundry in public

Banana republic

Don't ablution your bedraggled laundry in public

go public

in public

in public|public

in the accessible eye

in the accessible eye|eye|public|public eye

John Q Public

John Q. Public

John Q. Public|John|Public

public

public enemy|enemy|public

public property

public speaker|public|speaker

public-address system|address|public|public-addres

take public

wash one's bedraggled linen in public

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