- to sell a bill of goods
- разг. обманывать, вводить в заблуждение, обещать с три короба; впаривать
I'm not selling you a bill of goods. — Я не пытаюсь тебя надуть.
Syn:swindle 2.
Англо-русский современный словарь. 2014.
to sell a bill of goods
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sell a bill of goods — sell (someone) a bill of goods American to make someone believe something that is not true. Politicians have sold all of us a bill of goods, that if we put more people in prison we re going to be safer. The electrician said I d need the outdoor… … New idioms dictionary
sell a bill of goods — phrasal 1. : to get the better of especially by fraud : dupe, stick a poor sucker who was sold a bill of goods 2. : to saddle with something disadvantageous sold him a bill of goods and got him to buy the tax ridden property … Useful english dictionary
sell someone a bill of goods — sell (someone) a bill of goods American to make someone believe something that is not true. Politicians have sold all of us a bill of goods, that if we put more people in prison we re going to be safer. The electrician said I d need the outdoor… … New idioms dictionary
bill of goods — Date: 1842 1. a consignment of merchandise 2. something intentionally misrepresented ; something passed off in a deception or fraud often used in the phrase sell a bill of goods … New Collegiate Dictionary
sell someone a bill of goods — I deceive someone, usually by persuading them to accept something untrue or undesirable she was sold a bill of goods about that dog s pedigree II see bill of goods … Useful english dictionary
sell one a bill of goods — {v. phr.} To persuade another to acquire something useless; defraud. * /We were sure sold a bill of goods when Alfred persuaded us to buy his custom built car for which replacement parts weren t available anywhere./ … Dictionary of American idioms
sell one a bill of goods — {v. phr.} To persuade another to acquire something useless; defraud. * /We were sure sold a bill of goods when Alfred persuaded us to buy his custom built car for which replacement parts weren t available anywhere./ … Dictionary of American idioms
sell someone a bill of goods — verb To deceive or cheat someone. He showed no knowledge of his subject, McCarran told newsmen. . . . Someone must have sold him a bill of goods. Syn: misinform … Wiktionary
sell\ one\ a\ bill\ of\ goods — v. phr. To persuade another to acquire something useless; defraud. We were sure sold a bill of goods when Alfred persuaded us to buy his custom built car for which replacement parts weren t available anywhere … Словарь американских идиом
sell someone a bill of goods — deceive someone. → bill of goods … English new terms dictionary
bill of goods — ☆ bill of goods n. a shipment of goods sent to an agent for sale sell someone a bill of goods Informal to persuade someone by deception or misrepresentation to accept, believe, or do something … English World dictionary
