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idiomthe emperor's (new) clothes(also the king's new clothes BrE)understand used about a situation when everyone pretends to understand or admire something that is not really sensible or special, because they think they will seem stupid if they do not:I don't believe anyone really likes modern music - it's just the emperor's new clothes.You do not need this software, so don't be seduced by the king's new clothes.Note This idiom comes from the title of a story by Hans Christian Andersen in which an emperor (=king) is tricked into buying an expensive set of clothes. He is told that the clothes cannot be seen by stupid people, but really the clothes do not exist at all. He goes out in public wearing nothing, and everyone pretends to admire his clothes so that they do not seem stupid, until a child shouts, "But he doesn't have any clothes on!"
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