smoke and mirrors

Example Sentences

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But Elaine Wrigley, the owner of Atlas Bar in Manchester, said Reeves' latest Budget was "smoke and mirrors".

From BBC

It’s all smoke and mirrors, sure, but there’s a certain comfort in a life after death where Patrick Swayze can still spin pottery!

From Salon

Gabriel could have come across as a mere cipher in this environment, a faceless spook navigating smoke and mirrors.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Neuralink is currently just smoke and mirrors, with a lot of hype," Herve Chneiweiss, a neurologist and expert in ethics at France's research organisation INSERM, told AFP.

From Barron's

Roberts never had to prepare the smoke and mirrors required to navigate the final third of the game.

From Los Angeles Times