“Sweep something under the rug”
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किसी समस्या से निपटने के बजाय उसे छिपाना या अनदेखा करना।
English: To hide or ignore a problem instead of dealing with it.
उदाहरण
उदाहरण
1 / 2“We cannot sweep these customer complaints under the rug.”
हम इन ग्राहक शिकायतों को छिपा या अनदेखा नहीं कर सकते।
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
We cannot sweep these customer complaints under the rug.Compare with the original example
We cannot sweep these customer complaints under the rug.
हम इन ग्राहक शिकायतों को छिपा या अनदेखा नहीं कर सकते।
Write a two-line conversation using “Sweep something under the rug”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryअक्सर पूछे जाने वाले प्रश्न
- What does "Sweep something under the rug" mean?
- "Sweep something under the rug" means किसी समस्या से निपटने के बजाय उसे छिपाना या अनदेखा करना।.
- How do you use "Sweep something under the rug" in a sentence?
- Example: "We cannot sweep these customer complaints under the rug."
- Should I interpret "Sweep something under the rug" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.