【单选题】
Lucky is the man who has no "skeleton in his closet". When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to hide, he is said to have a "skeleton in his closet". Some people may have more than one skeleton.<BR> As we have noted many times, it is hard to find out how these expressions begin. Sometimes, we get some hard facts. But more often we have to depend on guesswork. And that is true of this phrase, which came from England.<BR> Before 1932, English law did not permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination, unless it was the corpse (尸体) of an executed (处决) criminal.<BR> But when it became legal, more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific study of medicine. It was helping in the advance of modern medicine. The demand had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors at high prices.<BR> We are told that a doctor would usually buy just one skeleton for s
A、You have stolen something precious and don’t want it discovered.
B、You are a doctor and have to keep a skeleton for research.
C、If you have cut open a dead human body for scientific examination you should keep the skeleton secret.
D、You have done a crime or done something foolish, but you want to keep other from discovering it.
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