Question

IDIOM: a piece of information or suggestion introduced to draw attention away from the real facts of a situation (from a type of strong-smelling smoked fish that was once drawn across the trail of a scent to mislead hunting dogs and put them off the scent)

Accepted Answer

The detectives were following a RED HERRING, but they're on the right track now. / Jack and Mary hoped that their friend would confuse their parents with a RED HERING, so that they wouldn't realize that they eloped.

Front	IDIOM: a piece of information or suggestion introduced to draw attention away from the real facts of a situation (from a type of strong-smelling smoked fish that was once drawn across the trail of a scent to mislead hunting dogs and put them off the scent)
Back	The detectives were following a RED HERRING, but they're on the right track now. / Jack and Mary hoped that their friend would confuse their parents with a RED HERING, so that they wouldn't realize that they eloped.

Red Idiom Piece Information Suggestion Introduced Draw Attention