(Affront, Attract attention, Criticize, Excavate, Probe, exposing one's dirty laundry) Digging up the past in a dream means revealing a pander, exposing one's dirty laundry, blocking the road, earning unlawful money, or it could mean researching hidden valuables, pursuing hidden knowledge or discovering the past. Digging up the past and not continuing with it in a dream means relief from distress or receiving glad tidings. (Also see Court)