sweep under the rug: o que isso significa?

Do you remember as a child everything wrong you did you tried to hide it from your parents? For example, you break your mother's very expensive vase and sweep it under the rub to avoid punishment. The thing is, in a figurative way, sweeping something under the rub relates to anything you do to try to hide something embarrassing from people.

Imagine your friend has a relationship outside of her marriage and suddenly everybody starts talking about it. One day, when someone comes up to you to confirm the gossip, you pretend you don't know anything just to avoid the embarrassment of your friend. You sweep the scandal under the rub to protect your friend's feelings. You think that's a personal issue and therefore should be discussed in private, especially between husband and wife. Have you ever been part of a situation where you wanted to rub a certain fact under the rub to avoid embarrassment? Leave us your stories in the comment section. Bye bye!