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178页(205字)
用假话掩饰自己的过失和错误,例明眼人一看就知道你是在文过饰非,想为自己开脱。
Anyone with eyes can see you are trying to whitewash your faults and thereby absolve yourself from any wrong doings.