| 释义 |
draw a veil over, to draw a veil overConceal or avoid discussing something; keep from public knowledge. For example, Louise drew a veil over the accounting errors. [c. 1700] See also: draw, over, veildraw a veil over avoid discussing or calling attention to something, especially because it is embarrassing or unpleasant.See also: draw, over, veildraw a veil over, toTo conceal; to say no more about something. A cliché from the mid-nineteenth century, this analogy to hiding one’s face behind a veil is often used to gloss over the details of an embarrassing situation. Daniel Defoe, long known as a historian before he turned his hand to fiction, wrote in The True-born Englishman (1701), “Satyr, be kind! and draw a silent Veil! Thy native England’s vices to conceal.”See also: draw, veil |