try to deceive everybody 瞒天过海
瞒天过海 ,汉语成语,字面意思是瞒住上天,偷渡大海(cross the sea under camouflage1)。比喻用谎话和伪装向其他人隐瞒我们的真实意图,在背地里偷偷地行动。可以翻译为to practise deception2; try to deceive everybody。
例句:
为了获得那份机密情报,那个特务瞒天过海。
The spy practised deception in order to gain access to the classified information.
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