mir Idiom
smoke and mirrors
false impressions, deceit, trickery, bafflegab His speech about new projects is just smoke and mirrors. The company is bankrupt.
Admiral Browning
chocolate log; that which sinks the Bismarck
admiration
admiration see
mutual admiration society.
mutual admiration society
mutual admiration society A relationship in which two people have strong feelings of esteem for each other and often exchange lavish compliments. The term may signify either genuine or pretended admiration, as in
Each of them praised the other's book—it was a real mutual admiration society. The expression was invented by Henry David Thoreau in his journal (1851) and repeated by Oliver Wendell Holmes and others.