blow smoke

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. 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?

词形变化

blows smoke present,singular,third-person blowing smoke participle,present blew smoke past blown smoke participle,past

词源

By shortening of the full expression blow smoke up someone's ass, deemed less vulgar.
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