出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第177页（252字）
把别人的过失隐瞒起来，好处加以宣扬，例我不指望他隐恶扬善，只要他不歪曲事实，搬弄是非，我就谢天谢地了。
l do not want him to say nothing but good about me but I would be grateful if he would neither distort the truth nor sow dissension through idle talk．