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Noun: smoke and mirrors
Usage: informal
  1. Deceptive, misleading, or confusing actions or statements intended to conceal the truth or create an illusion; elaborate methods of disguising the real nature of a situation
    "The company's financial report was full of smoke and mirrors, hiding its actual poor performan"

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