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Wahrheit, Geheimhaltung und Täuschung - Täuschung

Entdecken Sie, welchen Zusammenhang englische Redewendungen wie „Blow Smoke“ und „Smell a Rat“ mit Täuschung auf Englisch haben.

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English idioms relate to Truth, Secrecy, & Deception
to pull the wool over one's eyes

to hide the truth from someone and make them believe something that is not true

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to bend the truth

to not be completely truthful about something by changing or omitting some facts

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to blow smoke

to try to deceive a person by doing or saying something that misleads or confuses them

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Canterbury tale

a story, explanation, or excuse that is hard to believe

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to cook the books

to illegally change the financial records of a company or organization for personal gain

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snow job

an attempt to persuade someone to do or believe something using deception or flattery

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hook, line, and sinker

used for emphasizing how easily a person is fooled or deceived

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to throw dust in one's eyes

to provide someone with false, altered, or misleading information

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to worm sth out of sb

to make someone reveal information by questioning them repeatedly or cleverly

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to take sb for a ride

to deceive a person, often in order to steal their money

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to smell a rat

to begin to feel that there might be something wrong or dishonest about a situation

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monkey business

behavior that is mischievous, dishonest, or unacceptable

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(as) crooked as a dog's hind leg

used to refer to a person who behaves in an untrustworthy or deceitful way

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to lead sb up the garden path

to make a person believe something that is not true

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bait and switch

a deceptive marketing tactic where a product or service is advertised at a low price to attract customers, but is then substituted for a more expensive or inferior option

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smoke and mirrors

a situation where something seems impressive or important, but is actually just a distraction from something else

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to pull a fast one

to cheat someone in a clever and often unexpected way

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free lunch

something that appears free but actually costs something in a hidden or indirect way

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copycat

a person who imitates the actions, clothes, ideas, etc. of someone else

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