单词	smoke and mirrors
释义	smoke and mirrors plural noun : something intended to disguise or draw attention away from an often embarrassing or unpleasant issue —usually hyphenated when used attributively Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Esther was all smoke and mirrors, but with the strings showing: body doubles and similar manipulations to account for her size, but no million-dollar de-aging, no overdone makeup meant to genuinely trick us. K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2022 The Reds come in at No. 24, with 16,260 (using Friday fireworks smoke and mirrors, no doubt) per game. Steven F. Sundich, The Enquirer, 17 June 2022 But behind all the smoke and mirrors, this is how these arrangements work. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 10 June 2022 Contrary to its popular reputation, firearms identification is a field built largely on smoke and mirrors. David L. Faigman, Nicholas Scurich, Scientific American, 25 May 2022 During lock down, all the smoke and mirrors of the industry went away. Spin Staff, SPIN, 19 Apr. 2022 The pandemic gave me so much time to kind of peel back what's smoke and mirrors and what's really important. Carli Whitwell, refinery29.com, 19 May 2022 Or, the worst-case scenario in which an agency’s promises of performance turn out to be nothing but smoke and mirrors? Brian Burt, Forbes, 18 May 2022 Even the quality of the things that did get modernized seems like smoke and mirrors. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1979, in the meaning defined above
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