The idiomatic expression
"to sweep something under the carpet" means to conceal or hide an embarrassing, unpleasant or unwanted situation by ignoring it and not dealing with it openly.
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I am off bashing and criticizing Ozil in recent weeks as I don't see the point, I have been highlighting the massive flaws in his game that are making him look out of place in the EPL but people will
keep sweeping them under the carpet but will highlight Girouds, Arteta's, Wilshere's, Cazorla's, Ramsey's, Sanogo's, Walcott, Mert... and the list goes on..
Mr Cameron tried to have it both ways on the issue — Eurosceptic when it suited him, but all - too - willing to
sweep it under the carpet at other times.
➜ «Amplify your failures rather than
sweep them under the carpet,» says Egon Zehnder CEO Rajeev Vasudeva.
The overall objective had been «to
sweep it all under the carpet and make sure no connections could be fully established or proven.»
When things like this happen in our churches, we must expose them and stand up for the truth rather than
sweep them under the carpet to protect those in power.
Major issues happen, too, and then you might need to see a pastor or a counselor... Whatever the situation requires, but not to
sweep it under the carpet.
He himself knows well when to ignore things or
sweep them under the carpet.
Last time we met, they didn't need a perfect time to
sweep us under the carpet, who do we need a perfect time to do same to em?
They have
swept it under the carpet, which is not good enough,» he told the Daily Mirror.
However, Liverpool still have a set piece problem and there's no point trying to
sweep it under the carpet.
«There's no telling what might be happening now: there could be haggling with the CFA, they might strike a deal and
sweep it under the carpet,» said Ji.
But, following Iain Duncan Smith's claim this week that the prime minister secured only «very marginal» concessions, the justice secretary goes even further, describing the negotiation as a «great missed opportunity», and claiming the deal is such a «disappointing» return on his boss's efforts that even the Remain camp has sought to
sweep it under the carpet.
Have
you swept them under the carpet?
«The vast majority of young Asian men are fine, but there's a minority who do not behave properly towards white women and
sweeping it under the carpet will only make matters worse,» she said.
Other scientists faced with data contrary to their pet theory might have
swept them under the carpet, Muller says, adding «Dr. Richardson has incredible integrity as a scientist.
Your honesty in sharing the not - so - good results that sometimes can occur is laudable, (rather than
sweeping them under the carpet and pretending everything is always going to produce a perfect outcome first time.)
Regardless of the accuracy of that figure, to suggest behaviour isn't a prominent issue for teachers would be to
sweep it under the carpet.
Sweeping it under the carpet and / or refusing to acknowledge it does you no favours and harms your credibility (what little there was) immensely.
So yes — I think this is an outrage, and no amount of reconciliation between scientists can
sweep it under the carpet.
Whilst they will want to know about the times you have achieved success, and how you did it, the interviewer will also want to know how you approach and deal with failure; do you step back and assess where you went wrong, or do
you sweep it under the carpet and act like it never happened?