Mid 1900s the american heritage dictionary of idioms by christine ammer.
Short story something under the rug.
To sweep something under the rug is a common expression meaning to hide something potentially damaging from view.
His granddaughter lily evans was upstairs asleep.
He wasn t working though.
For ben the phrase was both literal and metaphorical.
Kept secret or hidden from view usually due to one s misfortune or embarrassment.
His briefcase lay open at his feet papers spewing from it covering the carpet sofa and coffee table.
First mr evans heard a dull thump.
Under the rug a harris burdick story.
Apparently harris burdick drew these pictures and wrote a story to go with each one but when his friend took an interest in the photos and asked to see the stories burdick disappeared.
Grace fluharty thomas evans sat alone in his living room reading.
Under the rug by.
Read under the rug from the story harris burdick mysteries.
One rainy cold night there was a 60 year old man sitting in his squeaky chair listening to the drooping radio.
Sweep under the rug.
Hide something as in their attempts to sweep the scandal under the rug were not very successful.
He looked around wondering what it was.
Two weeks had passed and it happened again.
The first time walt grace didn t know what to do.
Two weeks passed and it happened again.
This idiom alludes to sweeping dust under the rug so it won t be seen.
It was a normal friday night in coleman connecticut at least it seemed like it until it happened.
There is a book of pictures with one caption and one sentence for each picture entitled the mysteries of harris burdick.
Under the rug by superfangirl15 grace with 331 reads.
A lamp with a dying bulb sat on a small table in the corner it s flickering light casting a dying glow across the room.
Or he was supposed to be.
The picture is called under the rug and the caption is two weeks had passed and it happened again.
Under the rug matthew grover grade 6 boroondara park primary school short story 2011 under the rug i m driving home on a sunday night and i ve just had the time of my life.
Georgiana everett grade 7 trinity college.
We need to sweep this scandal under the rug as soon as possible.
The phrase is typically used with the verbs sweep and brush likened to how dirt would be swept under a rug to hastily hide it.
By the time he started cleaning his seventh or twelfth or fiftieth hotel room that afternoon the disdain for his job growing with each more and more frequently he opted to sweep the messes under the rug.
The man got up to go to the bathroom when all of a sudden he tripped over and landed face down on the ground.
