Sentences with phrase «under the rug until»

Now, as time passes without any change and support simmers down to being a less active part of people's lives, the debate gets swept under the rug until the next shooting occurs.

Set in suburban St. Louis, Violet («Vi») embraces her psychic visions, while Kate hides hers under the rug until an earthquake shakes things up.

Having money may be an exciting thing, but managing money can be pretty dry and boring, so much so that people decide to sweep their financial matters under the rug until something unpleasant happens.

So, swept under the rug until a criminal defence lawyer thinks to look under there.

Not exact matches

Yet its constituents tend to back incumbents to the hilt - until they unexpectedly pull the rug from under them.

Until federal law insisted that our children be included in these assessments, schools would try to sweep disparities under the rug by sending our children home or to another room while other students took the test.

He had lived in an apartment with books touching the ceilings, and rugs thick enough to hide dice; then in a room and a half with dirt floors; on forest floors, under unconcerned stars; under the floorboards of a Christian who, half a world and three - quarters of a century away, would have a tree planted to commemorate his righteousness; in a hole for so many days his knees would never wholly unbend; among Gypsies and partisans and half - decent Poles; in transit, refugee, and displaced persons camps; on a boat with a bottle with a boat that an insomniac agnostic had miraculously constructed inside it; on the other side of an ocean he would never wholly cross; above half a dozen grocery stores he killed himself fixing up and selling for small profits; beside a woman who rechecked the locks until she broke them, and died of old age at forty - two...

This was the one and only offer of employment I had received and I was overjoyed, until the rug was pulled from under my feet.

Not to burst your bubble Barclay, but I was totally on board with keeping my Arrival Plus for life until you pulled the rug from under me.

The original rug was under the dining table at our last house and wasn't the right fit for in here, but I had to wait until I found the exact right rug at a really good price to switch it.