pulled the wool over someone's eyes
Tricked with lies
To pull the wool over someone's eyes is to deceive or trick them, especially by concealing the truth: He pulled the wool over her eyes about where the money went.
The image is of blindfolding someone so they can't see what's really happening.
The phrase usually implies successful deception of someone naive or trusting.
- hoodwinkedTricked into believing falsely
- misleadCause false belief
- trickDeliberate deception
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- snake oilFraudulent cure-all
bait and switch · falsify · taken for a ride · taken in · blindsided · blind spot · betrayal · led astray · wool over eyes · fabricate · bamboozled · put one over · fast one · duped · scams · distrust · manipulate · disbelief
pulled the wool over someone's eyescame clean
Confessed fully
disclosed · told it like it is · confessed · bared one's soul · spilled the beans
pulled the wool over someone's eyesopened someone's eyes
Caused sudden realization
enlightened · disabused · undeceived · illuminated · educated