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8 May 2014
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What does "sweep the whole thing under the rug" mean?
This is a part of an article below.
But the media enabled the government to sweep the whole thing under the rug by ignoring the story for weeks.
What does "sweep the whole thing under the rug" mean?
This is a part of an article below.
But the media enabled the government to sweep the whole thing under the rug by ignoring the story for weeks.
This is a part of an article below.
But the media enabled the government to sweep the whole thing under the rug by ignoring the story for weeks.
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Right, the media ignored the story therefore letting the government get away with the situation.
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It's an idiom meaning to ignore a situation instead of dealing with it.
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Thank you!
So, in that article, the idiom emphasize the following sentence "by ignoring ...", right?
Thank you!
So, in that article, the idiom emphasize the following sentence "by ignoring ...", right?
So, in that article, the idiom emphasize the following sentence "by ignoring ...", right?
- English (US)
Right, the media ignored the story therefore letting the government get away with the situation.
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