🕵️ The Great Pretenders

Not everything that glitters is gold — let’s talk fakes and frauds !
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🐍 snake oil — something that is described or sold as being useful but that has no value and may be harmful.
E.g.: He peddles snake oil and miracle cures to desperate people who can't afford health insurance.

💸 mountebank — a person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money.
E.g.: The mountebank was arrested for attempting to sell fake diamonds to a jeweler.

🦆 a quack — a person who falsely pretends to have medical skills or knowledge.
E.g.: That quack almost killed me by prescribing the wrong medication.
🎩 con artist — a person who tricks other people in order to get their money.
E.g.: The couple lost their savings to a con artist who told them he was an investment broker.

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🦹 Crime Idioms
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🏃‍♀️ to do a runner — to leave a place in order to avoid a difficult or unpleasant situation or to avoid paying for something.
E.g.: The teenagers did a runner when the cab stopped, leaving the driver with an unpaid bill.

🫳 to get caught red handed — to be caught in the act of committing a crime or breaking a rule.
E.g.: He was caught red-handed taking money from the till.

📖 to cook the books — to change numbers dishonestly in the accounts (= financial records) of an organization, especially in order to steal money from it.
E.g.: One of the directors had been cooking the books, and the company had been losing
money for years.

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🎶 Under the title

Sure, you know the tunes, but do you know the idioms hiding in those famous song titles?
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🎵 Smooth Operator — a person who achieves social success or manipulates others through a calm, charming, and persuasive manner.
E.g.: The politician's success can be attributed to his ability to be a smooth operator in public settings.

🎵 House of Cards — a structure, situation, or institution that is insubstantial, shaky, or in constant danger of collapse.
E.g.: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.

🎵 Cry Me A River — said sarcastically to someone whose whining, complains, or tears fall on unsympathetic ears.
E.g.: Susan apologized for gossiping behind my back. She can cry me a river I have no times for fake friends.

🎵 Birds Of A Feather — people who are similar in character or share interests.
E.g.: When it comes to outdoor adventures, they’re birds of a feather.

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🎸 Musical Idioms
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🧑🏼 to face the music — to accept punishment for something that a person has done wrong.
E.g.: Rory you know you were in the wrong for missing class, now you must face the music.

🎶 to change your tune — to completely change your opinion, especially if you think it will benefit you.
E.g.: He was against the idea to start with, but he soon changed his tune when he realized how much money he'd get.

🎺 to blow your own trumpet — to boast about your achievements to others.
E.g.: I hate to blow my own trumpet, but I think I did pretty well there.

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👕 Worn and Torn

Clothes have a way of telling you when they've had enough—let’s look at the signs they leave behind!
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✂️ to snag — to make a tear, hole, or loose thread in a piece of clothing or cloth by a sharp or rough object.
E.g.: Be careful not to snag your coat on the barbed wire.

*🦵🏽 to ladder (UK) — to make a long, vertical hole in a pair of tights or a stocking.
E.g.: Damn! That's the second pair of tights I've laddered today! *🧵 worn to a thread — an item has been used extensively and is now in a state of disrepair.E.g.: His old jeans were worn to a thread, nearly see-through at the knees.

🪡 frayed — with the threads at the edge coming loose.
E.g.: Her shirt was frayed at the collar after years of constant wear.

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👤 Personal Traits Words
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🧐 cynical — believing that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere.
E.g.: Cynical people say there is no such thing as true love.

🤪 loony — describing someone or something exhibiting foolish characteristics.
E.g.: He considered that most of the people he had to deal with were loonies of one sort or another.

✊ persistent — continuing to do something in a determined but often unreasonable way.
E.g.: She is a persistent offender and has been arrested five times this year for shoplifting.
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