paper over the cracks
to hide problems, especially arguments between people, in order to make a situation seem better than it really is:
She tried to paper over the cracks, but I could see that the relationship was failing.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hiding and disguising
- be holed up idiom
- bury
- camo
- camouflage
- cloak
- conceal
- concealment
- hit the deck idiom
- hole up (somewhere)
- illusion
- incognito
- infiltration
- obscure
- skulk
- smokescreen
- snuck
- stash
- stow
- tuck
- veil
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