Critics of government policy argue that the new measures introduced to fight crime are simply papering over the cracks. 批评政府政策的人指责反犯罪活动新措施，认为纯粹是为掩盖过错而制定的。
If you paper over the spaces between the wallboards, they won't show. 如果你们在墙板之间的空隙处糊上墙纸，空隙就看不出来了。
Papering the ceiling proved next to impossible without a ladder. 要裱糊天花板没有梯子可以说是办不到。
