| 词汇 | dirty little secret |
| 词源 | dirty little secret. Something embarrassing that must be concealed. The phrase, much used today, was invented by Brit- ish author D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) in his essay “Pornogra- phy and Obscenity” (1928). |
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