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Sweep it under the rug
You sweep something under the rug if you are ignoring a problem or mistake and hope nobody will notice. This idiom draws from the image of sweeping the dirt on your floor under a rug instead of picking it up and dealing with it properly.Instead of recalling the broken product, they swept the problem under the rug and left it on the shelves.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach means that preparing good food for someone can help win their affection, especially a man's.The proverb has been used in English since at least the 1800s. It reflects the long tradition of linking cooking and hospitality with affection and relationships.
After he tasted her homemade pasta, she joked that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The whole kit and caboodle
The whole kit and caboodle means everything or the entire group of things. It is used when talking about all parts of something together, with nothing left out.The phrase likely comes from the word kit, meaning a collection of tools or belongings, and caboodle, a slang word that developed in the 1800s meaning the whole lot or collection of things.
They packed the whole kit and caboodle into the truck and moved to the new house.
Tie up loose ends
To tie up loose ends means to finish the small remaining tasks in a project so that everything is complete.The phrase likely comes from knitting or similar crafts, where loose threads are tied or trimmed so the work does not unravel. Over time it became a general expression for finishing the last unfinished parts of a task.
Before leaving for vacation, she stayed late at the office to tie up loose ends.
Wears the pants
To wear the pants means to be the person who has the most authority or control in a relationship or group. It usually describes the person who makes the main decisions.The expression comes from older social customs when trousers were traditionally worn by men and were associated with authority in the household. Over time the phrase became a general way to talk about who is in charge.
Everyone jokes that she wears the pants in their family because she is the one who makes all the big decisions.
Your home is your castle
A man's home is his castle is an old proverb that says you should be safe and secure in your own home. It is backed up by laws in many countries that give you rights to defend yourself in your home, and that even authorities have limited rights to come into your home.We tried to get grandpa to move out to a nursing home, but he insists his home is his castle.