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Today's Idiom = "Explain Something Away"

Explain Something Away ( ... )

"explained it away"

To explain it away is to find different excuses for why it happened. Example: "People must have been curious when they found out." Reply: "No, they just explained it away."

To explain something away is to find reasons which are not the most important reasons for why something happened. Example: "Noone will remember. They will either forget, or they will explain it away." Another example: "I want to know the real reason it happened. Don't just explain it away."

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Common variations of this idiom: Explain Something Away, Explain It Away, Explained It Away, They Will Explain It Away, They Explained It Away, Link to this page:
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