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gen. throw dust in someone's eyes (to try to deceive someone); put dust in eyes (Ivan Pisarev); deceive (Ivan Pisarev); mislead (Ivan Pisarev); bluff (Ivan Pisarev); cloud judgment (Ivan Pisarev); confuse (Ivan Pisarev); trick (Ivan Pisarev); bamboozle (Ivan Pisarev); fool (Ivan Pisarev); misrepresent (Ivan Pisarev); hide truth (Ivan Pisarev); delude (Ivan Pisarev); blind (Ivan Pisarev); distract (Ivan Pisarev); hoodwink (Ivan Pisarev); lie to (Ivan Pisarev); cover up (Ivan Pisarev); veil (Ivan Pisarev); obscure (Ivan Pisarev); confuse intentionally (Ivan Pisarev); little more than smoke and mirrors (triumfov); cut a feather; throw dust into eyes; draw the wool over someone's eyes; hotdog (Julieee); show off; splurge; cut a wide swath; prank it; bluff; bully; make a dash; throw dust in one's eyes (to try to deceive someone); put on a false front; pull the wool over someone’s eyes (with dot.); dust eyes
Игорь Миг do something flashy; gasconade; bluster
amer. cut a wide swathe
Gruzovik, fig. put on airs
idiom. smoke-and-mirror (vlad-and-slav); blow smoke (exaggerate or say things that are not true, usually to make oneself look better В.И.Макаров); lead down the garden path (Mira_G); put wool over other people's eyes (Yeldar Azanbayev); cut a swath (Yeldar Azanbayev); grandstand (Yeldar Azanbayev); cut a swathe (Yeldar Azanbayev); swathe through (Yeldar Azanbayev); cast a mist before someone's eyes; put up a facade (A facade is the front of a building, or a kind of front people put up emotionally. If you're mad but acting happy, you're putting up a facade. VLZ_58)
inf. draw the wool over smb.'s eyes (I know him too well, he won't manage to pull the wool over my eyes); pull the wool over smb.'s eyes; flat-hat (MichaelBurov); prank; engage in window-dressing (Andrey Truhachev)
Makarov. dust someone's eyes; dust the eyes of (кому-либо); make a splash; throw dust in someone's eyes (кому-либо); try to dazzle
obs. ballarag; bullirag
obs., inf. put on the dog (Toughguy)
old.fash., context. cut a dash (В.И.Макаров)
polit. throw dust in someone's eyes (bigmaxus)
proverb give somebody a dance; lead somebody a dance; cast a mist before somebody's eyes; throw dust in somebody's eyes
proverb, disappr. throw dust in eyes
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idiom., context. pull the wool over someone's eyes
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: 7 phrases in 5 subjects
American usage, not spelling1
General2
Idiomatic1
Makarov1
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