2025 · Q38
Directions: In the following items an idiom or a proverb is given. Select the response that most appropriately describes the meaning of the idiom or proverb and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Sweep under the carpet
EnglishIdioms and Phrases
- AMaintain secrecy under any circumstance
- BHide from general view
- CKeep a problem under wraps in the hope that it will be forgotten
- DDo a quick clean up job
Explanation
To "sweep under the carpet" is to conceal a problem rather than deal with it, in the hope it will be forgotten. It is more specific than merely hiding something or keeping a secret — it concerns problems deliberately left unresolved. Option (C) states this precisely.