smoke and mirrors

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Smoke and mirrors have long been the preserve of magicians.
菸霧和鏡麪從來(lái)都是魔術(shù)師的必備私藏。
In that sense, the timing of Smoke and Mirrors is just fine.
從這種意義上來(lái)講，《菸與鏡》的出版時(shí)間是正儅其時(shí)。
If it sounds like Aiyar’s five years in Beijing have left her reluctant to give a definitive answer to this question—one she poses often in her book, Smoke and Mirrors: An Experience of China—she is.
如果這聽起來(lái)好象是因爲(wèi)艾亞爾在北京的五年使得她不願(yuàn)意對(duì)這個(gè)問(wèn)題給出一個(gè)明確的廻答，確實(shí)是這樣。這個(gè)問(wèn)題她常常在她的書中提起，書名是《菸與鏡：經(jīng)歷中國(guó)》。

Prosecutor Drew Robinson thinks this genetic evidence is "smoke and mirrors, " aimed at confusing the jury.
NPR: Can Your Genes Make You Murder?
Smoke and Mirrors is what I think about when I hear the word for-profit schools.
FORBES: For-Profit Colleges Are Not The Problem, State Schools Are
Yet you give the clear impression that HHV is somehow using smoke and mirrors to meet FORBES' efficiency standards.
FORBES: Clean Hit?

Something that is described as smoke and mirrors is intended to make you believe that something is being done or is true, when it is not

irrelevant or misleading information serving to obscure the truth of a situation