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126 entries under expression topic. ×
| love affair(fraud, fling, mischief) | |
| magic word(cheat, ripoff, treachery) | |
| mala fides(idiom, improbity) | |
| masked ball(cover, show, color, cloak) | |
| not real | |
| one's blind side(idiom, credulity) | |
| practical joke(noun, catch, trick, sport) | |
| practise on(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| put-up job(noun, cheat, trick, speed) | |
| ruse de guerre(idiom, cunning) | |
| seditious act(noun, treachery, crime, disloyalty) | |
| self delusion(idiom, credulity) | |
| sexual activity(fraud, fling, mischief) | |
| side blow(idiom, cunning) | |
| soft soap(dishonesty, treachery) | |
| stab in back(idiom, cheat, division, dishonesty) | |
| stab in the back(idiom, treachery, cunning, disloyalty) | |
| stumbling block(noun, trick, snag, drawback) | |
| sweet talk(dishonesty, treachery) | |
| take off(joke, parody) |
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