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a smoke screenEarly sea battles demonstrated the value of gun smoke and smoke from burning ships to hide one battleship from one belonging to the enemy. Later, smoke was generated prior to commencing battle so as to make it more difficult for gun crews to spot the targeted vessel. This tactic became known as a smoke screen.Rate it:

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all smoke and no firesimilar to all bark and no biteRate it:

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BallyhooB_S. /Blow-Hard,/ 'Blowing Smoke'/ Political PosturingRate it:

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blow smokeTo speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense; to deliberately confuse or mislead someone in order to deceive themRate it:

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blue moonThe moon tinted towards blue as it appears in the sky, caused by dust or smoke in the atmosphere.Rate it:

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bush telegraphA system used by undeveloped societies in remote regions for communication over long distances, such as drum sounds, word-of-mouth relay, or smoke signals.Rate it:

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cette fumée me prend à la gorgeThat smoke makes me cough, chokes me.Rate it:

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Couch PotatoA person who loves spending time in front of a screen watching dramas, movies or playsRate it:

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dragTo move a mouse cursor while holding down a button on the mouse, often to move something on the screen.Rate it:

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flash upTo appear suddenly on a screen.Rate it:

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go up in smokeTo be completely ruined.Rate it:

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go up in smokeTo catch fire and burn.Rate it:

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holy smokeAn expression of surprise.Rate it:

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il n'y a pas de feu sans fuméeThere is no smoke without fire.Rate it:

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no smoke without fireIndicative of the fact that gossip or accusations are often substantiated by fact.Rate it:

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put that in your pipe and smoke itUsed after stating something surprising or undesired, to emphasize its truth. Also used after refuting an argument. Sometimes an adjective is inserted before pipe.Rate it:

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put that in your pipe and smoke it!"Consider That Possibility For A Time"Rate it:

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red herringA smoke-cured herring.Rate it:

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screen inTo cover with window screensRate it:

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screen outTo use a screen, grate, sieve or similar means to separate large from small objects or particles.Rate it:

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screen outFiguratively, to exclude.Rate it:

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screen testmovie auditionRate it:

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silver screenThe cinema screen onto which movies are projected.Rate it:

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silver screenBy extension, the movies or that related to movies or cinema.Rate it:

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smoke and mirrorsA deceptive, fraudulent, or unconvincing explanation or description.Rate it:

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smoke like a chimneyTo smoke tobacco frequently.Rate it:

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smoke outto exposeRate it:

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smoke outto drive out using smokeRate it:

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smoke poleTo perform fellatioRate it:

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smoke poleThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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smoke signalA method of long-distance communication sometimes used in ancient and undeveloped societies, consisting of messages conveyed by means of columns or intermittent puffs of smoke.Rate it:

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smoke signalA type of flare or combustion device sometimes used as a distress signal.Rate it:

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smoke signalAn indirect message or indication, especially concerning a future event.Rate it:

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smoke upTo fill with smoke.Rate it:

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smoke upTo cook by smoking.Rate it:

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smoke upTo become filled with smoke.Rate it:

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smoke upTo smoke, and get the effects from, a drug, especially marijuana.Rate it:

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smoke upTo provide the resources for another to smoke, especially marijuana.Rate it:

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smoke upTo smoke all of one's supplies.Rate it:

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smoke-filled roomA place where powerful people meet to decide a matter in secret, often of a political nature.Rate it:

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smoke-filled roomUsed other than as an idiom: see smoke, filled, room.Rate it:

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smoke-filled roomUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see smoke,‎ filled,‎ room.Rate it:

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stick that in your pipe and smoke itAlternative form of put that in your pipe and smoke itRate it:

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super starGrandly famous person from screen or stage.Rate it:

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throw smokeTo consistently pitch fastballs that are difficult to hit.Rate it:

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toke upTo smoke marijuanaRate it:

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what you see is what you getThe screen image resembles the printed output.Rate it:

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where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

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your objection is simply 'a smoke screen':Your response does not in any manner address the subject of the discussion, rather presents language designed to 'cover-up', disguise, deny existence of the problem, insert dissimilar subject matter to defer focus on the actual subject at hand!Rate it:

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