词汇 | phony-baloney |
释义 | phony-baloney adjective mainly USinformaldisapproving(alsophoney-baloney)uk /ˌfəʊ.ni.bəˈləʊ.ni/ us /ˌfoʊ.ni.bəˈloʊ.ni/ Something that is described as phony-baloney is not real or is not what it claims to be: I was not fooled by all that phony-baloney talk about spiritual renewal. Why do you keep asking me all these phoney-baloney questions? They were trying to sell a phony-baloney picture of all the countries of the world living together in peace. Her only experience was in the phony-baloney job of "community champion". He made a living as some sort of phony-baloney religious healer. Affected & insincere affectation affected affectedly archly artificial feyness forced forcedly fustian glib piously ponce ponce about/around posey preciously sugary super-smooth superslick talk the talk ... walk the walkidiom theatricality You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Faking & pretending |
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