sell a bill of goods

PENCE: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration “tells us that, actually, as difficult as they are, there are no more hurricanes today than there were 100 years ago, but many of the climate alarmists use hurricanes and wildfires to try and sell a bill of goods.”

The Orioles are trying to sell a bill of goods to dispirited fans about a baseball revival underway with new general manager Mike Elias, fresh off the turnaround team that rebuilt the Houston Astros.

“It's not an emergency what's happening at the border – it's a humanitarian challenge to us. The president has tried to sell a bill of goods to the American people,” she said, instead suggesting that Trump to "declare a national emergency around gun violence" on the anniversary of the Parkland mass shooting.

Saying he believes in "transparency," Cubs President Theo Epstein maintained Thursday he doesn't want to "sell a bill of goods" to fans expecting a one-year turnaround.

Don’t count on "next year" Epstein said he believes in “transparency,” and thus won’t  “sell a bill of goods” and try and con fans into thinking it’s going to get much better in 2013.