Question

in_the_loop_635 to sell someone something that is worthless (sentence 1), or to make someone believe something that is untrue (sentence 2); to deceive someone

Accepted Answer

SELL (SOMEONE) A BILL OF GOODS [SOLD A BILL OF GOODS] The ring looked real on television, but when it arrived in the mail, Paula knew she had been sold a bill of goods.The project manager told us that construction would be finished by August; it wasn’t until later that we discovered he had sold us a bill of goods.

Id	in_the_loop_635
Idiom	SELL (SOMEONE) A BILL OF GOODS [SOLD A BILL OF GOODS]
Definition	to sell someone something that is worthless (sentence 1), or to make someone believe something that is untrue (sentence 2); to deceive someone
Examples	The ring looked real on television, but when it arrived in the mail, Paula knew she had been sold a bill of goods. The project manager told us that construction would be finished by August; it wasn’t until later that we discovered he had sold us a bill of goods.

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