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90 entries under expression topic. ×
| big talk(affectation, pretentiousness) | |
| castles in the air(noun, idiom, nonsense) | |
| cock-and-bull story(lie, story, untruth) | |
| computer simulation | |
| costume ball(cover, show, deception, color) | |
| crocodile tears(deception, dishonesty, treachery, duplicity) | |
| dirty trick(deception, dishonesty, treachery, duplicity) | |
| dirty work(deception, dishonesty, treachery, duplicity) | |
| fairy story(lie, story, untruth) | |
| fairy tale(lie, fantasy, story, untruth) | |
| false appearance | |
| false claim(affectation, pretentiousness) | |
| false face(cover, disguise, cloak, veil) | |
| false piety(noun, hypocrisy, insincerity, humbug) | |
| false profession(noun, deception, fraud, duplicity) | |
| false report(lie, story, untruth) | |
| fast shuffle(deception, dishonesty, fraud, deceit) | |
| fine talking(idiom, boasting) | |
| going Hollywood(show, sham, exaggeration, pretension) | |
| gold brick(fake, copy, counterfeit, fraud) |
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