"under the rug" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 掩蓋
• 隱藏

Definition

把某事“掩蓋”表示你選擇隱藏或忽視問題或錯誤，而不是處理它。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非正式比喻說法。常用於負面語境，表示逃避或不誠實。常見於 'sweep under the rug' 用法，多指隱藏問題或錯誤。

Examples

They didn't want to talk about the problem, so they hid it under the rug.

他們不想談論這個問題，所以把它**掩蓋**了。

Don't just sweep your mistakes under the rug.

不要只是把你的錯誤**掩蓋**起來。

The company tried to keep the scandal under the rug.

公司試圖把醜聞**掩蓋**起來。

You can't keep pushing things under the rug forever. Eventually, the truth will come out.

你不能永遠把事情**掩蓋**，真相終會大白。

Whenever there's a problem, he pretends it doesn't exist and acts like it's just under the rug.

每當有問題時，他假裝不存在，就好像都被**掩蓋**了一樣。

Let's not put our issues under the rug—it's better to talk about them.

我們不要再把問題**掩蓋**了——還是把它們說開比較好。