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smoke and mirrors
deception and confusion. (Said of statements or more complicated rhetoric used to mislead people rather than inform. Alludes to the way a magician uses optical illusion to create believability while performing a trick. Fixed order.) Most people know that the politician was just using smoke and mirrors to make things look better than they really were. Her report was little more than smoke and mirrors. No one will believe any of it. throw someone or something into confusion to cause people or a process to become confused, aimless, or disorderly. She made her entrance early and threw eveyone onstage into confusion. The judge's surprise ruling threw the courtroom into confusion. See also: throw smoke and mirrors (American & Australian) something which is intended to confuse or deceive people, especially by making them believe that a situation is better than it really is Smoke and mirrors made the company seem bigger and healthier than it really was. It was just clever marketing. smoke and mirrors something that is meant to confuse or deceive people Is this crisis just so much smoke and mirrors, or is it true that the government will run out of money? Usage notes: usually involving a large organization rather than only one person Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Because delirium usually is caused by an organic illness, confusional symptoms may disappear once the underlying problem is treated, said Dr. Nas palestras, seminários, módulos e cursos abordou as estratégias da comunicação para ocupar os interstícios deixados pelas megaideologias, listou as manifestações das tecnologias do espírito na comunicação confusional, diagnosticou o tautismo oriundo da fusão entre a tautologia e o autismo e biografou a nova utopia do século XXI: a grande saúde, temáticas com as quais o professor emérito da Universidade de Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne tornouse referência na área da comunicação. As patients recover from the acute confusional state post injury, these amnesias may resolve to a greater or lesser extent; the final interval unaccounted for ranges from minutes to weeks or months, depending on the severity of the injury. |
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