sell someone a bill of goods
Con with lies
To sell someone a bill of goods is to deceive them, especially by persuading them to accept something worthless or false as valuable.
The phrase comes from commerce—a bill of goods being a list of items for sale—but now implies fraud or manipulation: The contractor sold us a bill of goods about finishing on time.
Don't let them sell you a bill of goods.
- misinformConvey false details
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- misleadCause false belief
- smoke and mirrorsDeceptive obfuscation tactics
- duplicitousnessState of being two-faced
deception · bait and switch · misrepresentation · swindle · breach of trust · fraud · pull a fast one · gullibility · sucker · hook line and sinker · chicanery · trickery · wolf in sheep's clothing · phony · snake oil · scam · too good to be true · dupe
sell someone a bill of goodstell the truth
Communicate facts honestly
be honest · lay one's cards on the table · tell it like it is · speak plainly · come clean
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