sweep something under the rug

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toconcealaproblem, (usuallyembarrassingorillegal)expediently, rather thanremedyitthoroughly.2011March 7, Brooks Barnes, Bill Carter, Michael Cieply, “Sheen Is Surrounded by a Coterie of Enablers”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:“One of the problems with the entertainment industry is that, to protect the image of these people, they try to deal with the problem bysweeping it under the rug,” said John T. Schwarzlose, chief executive of the Betty Ford Center, the licensed addiction hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Examples:

EN: Or they're trying to sweep something under the rug.
ES: O trata de correr un velo sobre algo.
EN: Here we go. It's a witness form that you fill out if you want to sweep something under the rug.
ES: Este es el formulario para testigos que quieren esconder algo bajo la alfombra.
EN: It's a witness form that you fill out if you want to sweep something under the rug.
ID: Ini formulir saksi yang kau isi jika mau menyembunyikan sesuatu.

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