The government is trying to paper over the cracks in the cabinet.

政府正竭力掩饰内阁出现的裂痕。

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He agreed to paper over the cracks for the period of the election.

他同意在选举期间暂时把分歧掩盖起来。

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He agreed to paper over the cracks for the period of the election.

—他同意在选举期间暂时把分歧掩盖起来。

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He said he did not want to paper over those cracks, but insisted the problems were being worked through.

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In a strictly financial sense, the deal will certainly paper over a few unseemly cracks particularly at Lyonnaise des Eaux.

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It was the equivalent, if not of burning Thornfield Hall to the ground, then at least of ripping down the paper which Mr Hague had spent a year laying over its most jagged cracks.

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