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Idiom

snow job

Meaning

An attempt to persuade a person using flattery or deception.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Don't believe him; he is just giving you a snow job.”

“The salesperson tried a snow job to convince me that the broken car was actually in perfect condition.”

“Despite the elaborate snow job presented by the firm's executives, the investors remained skeptical about the company's true financial health.”

Examples

simple

“Don't believe him; he is just giving you a snow job.”

contextual

“The salesperson tried a snow job to convince me that the broken car was actually in perfect condition.”

complex

“Despite the elaborate snow job presented by the firm's executives, the investors remained skeptical about the company's true financial health.”

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