| 单词 | snake-oil salesman |
| 释义 | > as lemmassnake-oil salesman snake-oil salesman n. (originally) a person who sells snake oil; (later chiefly figurative) a person who sells or promotes something which is superficially attractive or convincing, but is ultimately of no real substance or value. ΚΠ 1910 Kansas City Times 14 Oct. 4/2 The jury..will have to determine whether street fakers and snake oil salesmen, who cry their concoctions from boxes under the viaduct..are a detriment to property in the neighborhood. 1939 Variety 26 Oct. 53/2 If the industry itself isn't able to keep snake oil salesmen and troublemakers off the air, however, the faction favoring more stringent regulation is poised to press the campaign again. 1981 D. Anderson Rough Layout iv. 26 Keep that idiot snake-oil salesman out of my hair... I don't want to see him unless he's about to blow up and burst on a blast of his own hot air. 2022 @comradeyoza 4 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 10 Mar. 2022) It looks like he's more of a very clever snake-oil salesman than anything else. < as lemmas |
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