under the carpet | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,location)So as to behiddenfrom plain view (and thus easilyignoredoroverlooked).to sweep (something)under the carpet1989, Walter Joyce, Hillel Ticktin, Stephen White,Gorbachev and Gorbachevism,page58:But in the 1970s the process went into reverse, as more and more 'bad' data wentunder the carpet.1999June 30,Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard),page1119:It seems as if it is happening and it is being washedunder the carpet.2006,Joint Committee on Human Rights,The UN Convention Against Torture (UNCAT): Nineteenth Report of Session 2005-06: Volume II: Oral And Written Evidence,page27:The Bill is going to apply to a much wider group of people and I think it will sweep an awful lot of thingsunder the carpet.2009,B. Vithal Shetty,World as Seen Under the Lens of a Scientist,page233:Worldwide nuclear proliferation committed by a single nation to create an Islamic nuclear bomb has been sweptunder the carpetby the United States.2009, Christopher Johns,Becoming a Reflective Practitioner,page139:Conflict is brushedunder the carpet.2023March 9, Dan Jarvis, “Britain promised to move heaven and earth for all who helped us in Afghanistan. It wasn’t true”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:The official line is enduring commitment, and promises to move heaven and earth for those most in danger. But in practice Afghanistan is being sweptunder the carpet.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeunder,‎carpet.2005, Devi S. Nambudripad,Freedom from Environmental Sensitivities,page35:When the carpet layers came in and removed the carpet she said there were millions of black eggs and tiny worms crawlingunder the carpet.

Examples:

EN: I did. He swept his feelings under the carpet.
ES: Le he visto enterrar sus sentimientos mucho tiempo.
EN: It was slid under the carpet, just turned up.
ES: Esta nota fue dejada en la puerta de la Srta. Hall.
EN: They don't allow me to see him, but he puts coins under the carpet
ES: Me prohíben ver a Thomas, pero él deja dinero bajo la alfombra.
EN: - Nothing under the carpet!
ES: - No había nada bajo la alfombra.
EN: No. It won't be my key under the carpet, it'll be hers.
ES: La llave bajo la alfombra será la de ella.
EN: Then while he's out searching the garden or something... I'll take the key from under the carpet and return it to her handbag... before the police arrive.
ES: Después cuando él esté revisando el jardín tomaré la llave y la pondré en su cartera antes de que venga la policía.
EN: (Peel) 'Steed, sorry about the body,' 'but he was too big to sweep under the carpet.'
ES: ¡Steed! ... siento lo del cuerpo, era demasiado grande para esconderlo debajo de la alfombra.
EN: I always put it under the carpet but...
ES: Siempre la pongo debajo de la alfombra pero...
EN: Bertrand will put a button under your desk, connected to a wire under the carpet.
ES: Bertrand pondrá un botón debajo de su escritorio, conectado con un alambre debajo de la alfombra.
EN: Sweep it all under the carpet, eh?
ES: Barrerlo todo bajo la alfombra, ¿eh?
EN: We wish to use the Doctor's knowledge of this technique to, as it were, sweep the dust under the carpet before the Investigator arrives.
ES: Queremos utilizar los conocimientos del Doctor de esa materia para... por así decirlo, barrer el polvo bajo la alfombra antes de que el investigador llegue.
EN: I put the five tomans under the carpet last night.
ES: Estoy segura que ha desaparecido más dinero de los tapices.
EN: Your mother says you took five tomans from under the carpet.
ES: Tu madre dice que le has robado 5 tomans. ¿Qué has hecho con ellos?
EN: You behaved so badly with my parents... i wanted to crawl under the carpet.
ES: Además, después de lo de hoy con mis padres, he pensado: "Tierra, trágame".
EN: how could the watch be shoved under the carpet?
ES: Como acabo el reloj debajo del sillon?

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