| 单词 | all done with mirrors |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall done with mirrors d. all done with mirrors and variants: performed or achieved by trickery, illusion, or some other explicable means, and not by magic or miracle. ΚΠ 1930 M. Allingham Myst. Mile i. 14 They say those tricks are handed down from generation to generation. I think it's all done with mirrors myself. 1971 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird x. 128 The drive continued..for a considerable distance, considering the size of the island. Johnson reassured us that it was all done with mirrors. 1981 Antiquaries Jrnl. 61 2 Since Lewis Carroll and Alice must have become members of the ‘think-tank’, presumably all is now done with mirrors. 1994 Denver Post 16 Jan. b1 Our weakness was exposed. After that, we tried to do it with mirrors... Denver won. < as lemmas |
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