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Sweep it under the rug

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Altered image of a maid sweeping something under a 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.

Bruce Krasting / Inspired By (CC BY)