draw a veil over
English
Verb
draw a veil over (third-person singular simple present draws a veil over, present participle drawing a veil over, simple past drew a veil over, past participle drawn a veil over)
- To avoid discussing or calling attention to (something embarrassing or unpleasant).
- 1959 April, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Southern in Trouble on the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, ISSN 0141-9935, OCLC 35845948, page 220:
- A steady 69 m.p.h. was maintained along the sea wall before Birchington, but beyond there it is best to draw a veil over the difficult starts from stops at all stations to Ramsgate, the priming and increasing loss of time.
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Translations
to avoid discussing or calling attention to
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See also
- sweep something under the rug
References
- “draw a veil over”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.