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单词 smoke and mirrors
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smoke and mirrors
smoke and mirrors n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.) (esp. in political contexts) a (frequently theatrical) deception or dissimulation; an obscuring or embellishment of the truth with misleading or irrelevant information. Cf. sense 4e.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun]
foxingc1220
feignc1320
faintise1340
simulation1340
dissimulingc1374
likenessc1384
dissimulationc1386
coverture1393
dissemblationc1425
assimulationa1450
dissemblec1480
fiction1483
dissemblinga1500
irony1502
dissimulance1508
dissembly?c1550
blindation1588
counterfeisance1590
misseeming1590
supposing1596
dissemblance1602
guise1662
dissimulating1794
make-believe1794
representation1805
sham-Abra(ha)m1828
make-belief1837
pretence1862
make-believing1867
postiche1876
kid-stakes1916
smoke and mirrors1980
1975 J. Breslin Notes from Impeachment Summer ii. 33 All political power is primarily an illusion... Mirrors and blue smoke, beautiful blue smoke rolling over the surface of highly polished mirrors... If somebody tells you how to look, there can be seen in the smoke great, magnificent shapes, castles and kingdoms, and maybe they can be yours.
1975 J. Breslin Notes from Impeachment Summer ii. 35 The ability to create the illusion of power, to use mirrors and blue smoke, is one found in unusual people.]
1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 23 Apr. a6 ‘Most of this is just smoke and mirrors.’ The memos suggest that..[he] was orchestrating a campaign to help environmental organizations bring pressure on Congress.
1995 New Jersey Apr. 88/1 The grandstanding of Congress, claiming taxpayer money will no longer fund these types of caucuses, is in fact so much smoke and mirrors.
2003 Village Voice (N.Y.) 18–24 June 40/4 In retrospect, the Bush administration's most publicized war stories have all been the products of smoke and mirrors.
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