to hide or ignore problems instead of solving them
прятать или игнорировать проблемы вместо того чтобы решать их (pryatat ili ignorirovat problemy vmesto togo chtoby reshat ikh)
"You can’t just sweep problems under the rug forever."
"Ты не можешь просто прятать проблемы под ковёр навсегда." (ti ne mozhesh prosto pryatat problemy pod kover navsegda)
to make a bad situation even worse
dreams or plans that are impossible or unrealistic
to admit that you have done something wrong
to try to match your neighbors or peers in wealth or possess...
behind the surface; the underlying mechanism or system
to divide something into parts
