Saturday, June 12, 2010

Today's Idiom #6

"a red herring"

Information which is mentioned in order to deliberately turn people’s attention from the real problem.

ex: The new TV commercials by BP (British Petroleum) about taking responsibility for the Gulf clean up are a red herring designed to make BP look like they are more concerned about the environment than they are about making huge profits.

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