pass the bottle of smoke

English

pass the bottle of smoke

(rare) To acquiesce in some falsehood; to make pretence.
- 1855-1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
  To help myself in my turn, as the man before me helps himself in his, and pass the bottle of smoke. To keep up the pretence as to labour, and study, and patience, and being devoted to my art, and giving up many solitary days to it, and abandoning many pleasures for it, and living in it, and all the rest of it—in short, to pass the bottle of smoke, according to rule.
- 2000, Pradip Biswas, Sandip Ray: Take One (page 8)
  The special streak of the young talent that fascinates me more is the strong impulse to stand against standardized cunning ploy of passing the bottle of smoke in the name of cinema.

单词	pass the bottle of smoke
释义	pass the bottle of smoke English Verb pass the bottle of smoke (rare) To acquiesce in some falsehood; to make pretence. 1855-1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit To help myself in my turn, as the man before me helps himself in his, and pass the bottle of smoke. To keep up the pretence as to labour, and study, and patience, and being devoted to my art, and giving up many solitary days to it, and abandoning many pleasures for it, and living in it, and all the rest of it—in short, to pass the bottle of smoke, according to rule. 2000, Pradip Biswas, Sandip Ray: Take One (page 8) The special streak of the young talent that fascinates me more is the strong impulse to stand against standardized cunning ploy of passing the bottle of smoke in the name of cinema.
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