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单词 sail under false colors
释义

sail under false colors

English

Verb

sail under false colors

  1. (obsolete, nautical) To deceive or intentionally mystify.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Annie Thomas, "False Colours":
      They were all not exactly sailing under false colours, but deceiving themselves as to their motives--and one another, to a lesser degree, by their actions.

See also

  • With flying colors on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

  • Breverton, Terry (2004, Pelican Publishing Company)."sailing under false colors." The pirate's dictionary.
  • (1877, Oxford House.) "Correspondence." British journal of dental science, Volume 20.
  • Lennox, Doug (2007, Dundurn Press Ltd.). "Why when someone we trusted turns against us do we say "he's shown his true colours"?" Now You Know Big Book of Answers.
  • Thomas, Annie (1869, Tinsley Borthers). "Miss Vargrave nearly lands a fish." False Colours.
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