きれいごと

綺麗事
fine skill
simplicity

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きれいごと

(a) whitewashing; (a) glossing over.

●きれいごとで済ませる avoid complications; whitewash; sweep under the carpet

・もはやきれいごとでは済まされない. Half [Superficial] measures are no longer acceptable.

・きれいごとでなしに without making excuses.

●この本ではきれいごとに書いてあるが, 実情はまったくけしからん話だった. This book glosses it over [plays it down], but it was actually a tremendous scandal.

●きれいごとを並べる make [offer] excuses; justify oneself.

●きれいごとばかり言う simply gloss over 《a mistake》.