blow smoke

English

Alternative forms

• blow smoke up someone's ass

Etymology

Verb

blow smoke

1. (idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.

   Are these "statistics" they cite verifiable, or are they just blowing smoke, trying to scare people?

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:nonsense.
• See Wikisaurus:deceive

Translations

idiomatic

• Russian: гнать пургу (ru) (gnat' purgú) (drive the blizzard), пороть чепуху (ru) (porót' čepuxú) (flog the nonsense)