pretend (that) black is white

To say, believe, or act like what's true is the opposite of the real situation. The government can't keep pretending black is white, or else we're going to head into the same economic difficulty we were in 10 years ago. The president could pretend that black is white, and he would still have people lining up to say that he is right.

词组	pretend (that) black is white
释义	pretend (that) black is white pretend (that) black is white To say, believe, or act like what's true is the opposite of the real situation. The government can't keep pretending black is white, or else we're going to head into the same economic difficulty we were in 10 years ago. The president could pretend that black is white, and he would still have people lining up to say that he is right. See also: black, pretend, white Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: pretend swear (that) black is white swear black is white the lady doth protest too much, methinks get out of doing (something) get (one's) head out of the sand phishing 1 spoofing attack the done thing bury your head in the sand
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