cracks 成语
fall through the cracks
paper over the cracks in
Idiom(s): paper over the cracks (in sth)Theme: DECEPTION
to try to hide faults or difficulties, often in a hasty or not very successful way.
• The politician tried to paper over the cracks in his party's economic policy.
• Tom tried to paper over the cracks in his relationship with the boss, but it was not possible.
• She didn't explain it. She just papered over the cracks.
make cracks about
Idiom(s): make cracks (about sb or sth)Theme: JOKING
to ridicule or make jokes about someone or something. (Informal.)
• Please stop making cracks about my haircut. It's the new style.
• Some people can't help making cracks. They are just rude.
Paper over the cracks
If you paper over the cracks, you try to make something look or work better but only deal with superficial issues, not the real underlying problems.fall between the cracks
fall between the cracksAlso, fall through the cracks or between two stools. Be neglected or overlooked; also, not fit either of two alternatives. For example, Please make sure that either our department or yours deals with this account, lest it fall between the cracks, or Trying to be both teacher and parent, she fell between two stools. The variant using stools, with its image of a person falling to the ground between two chairs instead of sitting down on one or the other, was already a proverb in ancient times; in English it was first recorded about 1390.
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