tapar o sol com a peneira paper / gloss over the cracks / feed someone a line

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Language pair:Portuguese to English
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conceal the problems or arguments rather than resolve them
Example The press statement did its best to paper over the cracks, but it was pretty obvious that the Cabinet was split on the subject.
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