pull the wool over someone's eye : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pull the wool over someone's eyes	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pull the wool over someone's eyes v conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well" Synonym(s): bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false