词汇 | snake-oil-salesman |
释义 | snake oil salesman noun[ C ] disapprovingukus someone who deceives people in order to get money from them: He was dubbed a "modern day snake oil salesman" after he ripped off thousands of internet customers. Examples of snake oil salesmansnake oil salesman By extension, a snakeoilsalesman is someone who knowingly sells fraudulent goods or who is himself or herself a fraud, quack, charlatan, and the like. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We are back to the snakeoilsalesman. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not need them to offer the techniques of the snakeoilsalesman or smoke and mirrors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What did a snakeoilsalesman do to him in the past that makes him dislike them so? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had the politics of the snakeoilsalesman and nothing of new politics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are talking about substances which, in high concentrations, may well be poisonous, and substances for which claims are made that would make the average snakeoilsalesman blush. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are being sold snake oil by snake oil salesmen who want to perpetuate their hold on power only by rigging the system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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