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2021-05-14 04:05
Brush (something) under the carpet British verb phrase
":Carpet" can be replaced by "rug" or "mat" without changing the meaning.
Try to hide and deny something that is embarrassing, unappealing, or damaging to one's reputation
The city management team's attempts to brush the scandal under the carpet were not very effective.
In order to brush taking bribes under the carpet, he destroyed the camera recording the footage.
You need to stop brushing your health problems under the carpet, if you want to get well soon.
Someone who looks gentle and sweet but in fact is severe and forceful
This idiom means that someone does not share what they think or feel with others.
To deliberately hide one's true nature, intentions or purposes
The verb "brush" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The idiom dates back to the early 1900s and is based on the idea of a lazy maid or homemaker sweeping dirt under a rug or carpet, rather than going to the trouble of getting a dust pan and dealing with the dirt to remove it from the home
Do you see anything wrong?
Time is running out.
Time's a-wastin' and you're still enjoying breakfast?
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