bill of goods

Noun

Meaning

a consignment of merchandise

communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable

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Examples

they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car Source: Internet

And that’s the point, Mr. Lukacs told his audience the next morning: Politics is rarely if ever the win-win proposition politicians who are trying to sell us a bill of goods would like us to think. Source: Internet

• "From a taxpayer's perspective, I feel like I've been sold a bill of goods." Source: Internet

Have we been sold a bill of goods about how safe and reliable the stuff it is? Source: Internet

Honestly folks, I hope many of you will take a hard, careful look at this huge cost increase, because if you don’t know exactly what you’re paying for, they’ll sell you a bill of goods every time. Source: Internet

We in the 21st century have been sold and, to a large extent, have bought a bill of goods. Source: Internet

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