smoke and mirrors
Speech parts
1. smoke and mirrors - Noun
2. smoke and mirrors - Phrase
Meaning
smoke and mirrors
A deceptive, fraudulent, or unconvincing explanation or description.
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Examples
And let's all be honest here; more of us believe in the American hero Sheriff Joe Arpaio's thorough investigation into your phony birth certificate and phony history than the phony media's smoke and mirrors.
The true value of somebody in this town is very hard to determine. It's all smoke and mirrors.
And the sad part is that you actually believe in The Undertaker. You actually believe that he has all these magic powers which is really alll just smoke and mirrors.
Having the right people around you all the time is important. I do take the acting seriously. But this is all fun. I look at it like smoke and mirrors. I still think it's a dream, but I ain't pinching myself yet.
If he had told the voters in 1980 that truth, would American voters have signed the loan certificate for him on Election Day? Of course not! That was an election won under false pretenses. It was won with smoke and mirrors and illusions. And that's the kind of recovery we have now as well.
If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors.