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smoke and mirrors N. Amer. the obscuring or embellishing of the truth of a situation with misleading or irrelevant information 〈北美〉(用误导或无关的信息)掩饰真相, 障眼法: the budget process is an exercise in smoke and mirrors. 预算程序不过是在施障眼法。 [ORIGIN: with reference to illusion created by conjuring tricks.] |