- Definitions|3
- Thesaurus|837
- Abbreviations|0
55 entries under expression topic. ×
| sweet talk(deception, dishonesty, treachery, duplicity) | |
| Mardi Gras(cover, show, deception, color) | |
| clever move(trick, maneuver, stratagem) | |
| confidence game(noun, trick, lie, sham) | |
| costume ball(cover, show, deception, color) | |
| crocodile tears(deception, dishonesty, treachery, duplicity) | |
| cunning deception(cunning, craftiness, wiles) | |
| dirty dealing(deception, dishonesty, treachery, cunning) | |
| dirty work(deception, dishonesty, treachery, cunning) | |
| dumb act(trick, sham, con, falsehood) | |
| false plea(idiom, untruth) | |
| fast shuffle(lie, illusion) | |
| fig leaf(cause, con, excuse, ruse) | |
| fish story(reason, trick, explanation, excuse) | |
| fooling around(deception, fraud, fling, mischief) | |
| foul play(cunning, craftiness, wiles) | |
| hot air(deception, trickery, verbiage) | |
| love affair(deception, fraud, fling, mischief) | |
| lying across(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| masked ball(cover, show, deception, color) |
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