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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.
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