| Idiom | a red herring |
|---|---|
| Definition | irrelevant or useless information (often said in order to distract someone from what really is important) |
| Examples | - That's just a red herring. Can we please concentrate on our main business? - I hate sitting in meetings with him. He's always throwing in red herrings that bring us no further. |
| Note | A herring is a smoked fish. |
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