To Dust Something Under The Carpet

It appeared in the boston globe in 1979.

To dust something under the carpet.

The same goes for carpets another dust magnet. Give them a pass at least weekly with your trusty vac ideally one with a hepa filter so particles won t escape back into the room. Sweep something under the carpet to ignore deny or conceal from public view or knowledge something that is embarrassing unappealing or damaging to one s reputation. The senator has been accused of trying to sweep his former drug use under the carpet.

Sweep something under the carpet to ignore deny or conceal from public view or knowledge something that is embarrassing unappealing or damaging to one s reputation. Sweep sth under the carpet definition. Brush something under the carpet to ignore deny or conceal from public view or knowledge something that is embarrassing unappealing or damaging to one s reputation. This allusion to hiding household dust or debris by sweeping it under a rug or carpet was used figuratively only from the mid twentieth century.

To hide a problem or try to keep it secret instead of dealing with it. Attempts to sweep the chappaquiddick scandal under the rug have not succeeded.