paper/smooth over the cracks

to hide problems or faults, especially arguments between people, in order to make a situation seem better than it really is.

The two-party coalition has so far been successful in papering over the cracks.

I'm tired of smoothing over the cracks in our marriage - I want a divorce! (sometimes + in)

• bird-brained
• bird has flown.
• bird in the hand
• bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
• birds and the bees
• bird's eye view
• birds of a feather
• Birds of a feather flock together.
• bit by bit
• bitch and moan
• bite head off
• bite off more than can chew
• bite off more than you can chew
• bite of the cherry
• biter bit
• biter is bit
• bite someone's head off
• bite the big one
• bite the bullet
• bite the dust
• bite the hand that feeds
• bite the hand that feeds you
• bite to eat
• bite tongue
• bite your tongue