| Word | paper over the cracks |
|---|---|
| Description | disguise problems or divisions rather than trying to solve them The phrase is a translation of a German expression used by the statesman Otto von Bismarck in a letter of 1865 and early uses refer to this. disguise problems or divisions rather than trying to solve them The p |
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