“Sweep something under the rug”
WorkDefinicja
Ukrywanie lub ignorowanie problemu zamiast zajęcia się nim.
English: To hide or ignore a problem instead of dealing with it.
Przykłady
Przykłady
1 / 2“We cannot sweep these customer complaints under the rug.”
Nie możemy ukrywać ani ignorować skarg klientów.
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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.
Nie możemy ukrywać ani ignorować skarg klientów.
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 dictionaryNajczęściej zadawane pytania
- What does "Sweep something under the rug" mean?
- "Sweep something under the rug" means ukrywanie lub ignorowanie problemu zamiast zajęcia się nim.
- 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.