“Sweep something under the rug”
Work意味
問題に対処する代わりに、問題を隠したり無視したりすること。
English: To hide or ignore a problem instead of dealing with it.
例文
例文
1 / 2“We cannot sweep these customer complaints under the rug.”
私たちはこれらの顧客からの苦情を隠したり無視したりすることはできません。
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.
私たちはこれらの顧客からの苦情を隠したり無視したりすることはできません。
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 dictionaryよくある質問
- What does "Sweep something under the rug" mean?
- "Sweep something under the rug" means 問題に対処する代わりに、問題を隠したり無視したりすること。.
- 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.