单词 | pull the wool over someone's eyes |
释义 | pull the wool over someone's eyesDeceive or hoodwink someone, as in His partner had pulled the wool over his eyes for years by keeping the best accounts for himself. This term alludes to the former custom of wearing a wig, which when slipping down can blind someone temporarily. [c. 1800] Words nearby pull the wool over someone's eyespull something, pull strings, pull tab, pull the plug on, pull the rug out from under, pull the wool over someone's eyes, pull through, pull together, pull-top, pullulate, pull-up The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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