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idiomsb has been sold a bill of goods especially AmEespecially AmEused in order to say that someone has been given an untrue description of a situation, by someone who is trying to gain an advantage:The weapon looks good, but it doesn't work - Congress has been sold an expensive bill of goods.Independent politicians like Ross Perot have tried in the past to convince the American people that they have been sold a bill of goods by the government.sell sb a bill of goods: He is not an objective witness - he's trying to see the jury a bill of goods!
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