tapar o sol com a peneira

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Literally, “to cover the sun with the sieve”. Perhaps after Arabic غَطَّى الشَّمْسَ بِالْغِرْبالِ (ḡaṭṭā š-šamsa bi-l-ḡirbāli), whence Maltese għatta x-xemx bl-għarbiel. === Verb === tapar o sol com a peneira (first-person singular present tapo o sol com a peneira, first-person singular preterite tapei o sol com a peneira, past participle tapado o sol com a peneira) (idiomatic) To try to hide something that is evident. To try to solve a problem in an ineffective way. ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “tapar o sol com a peneira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026