cook the books

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To manipulate accounting information, especially illegally. idiomatic
    — Enron Corp., once a major U.S. corporation, is now famous for cooking the books.
  2. To falsify an account of an event. broadly,idiomatic
    — Those that cooked the books and presented them with bias minds; They sugar-coated the stories; and twisted and exaggerated events

词形变化

cooks the books present,singular,third-person cooking the books participle,present cooked the books participle,past cooked the books past

词源

From the mid-17th century. A metaphor based on cooking, whereby ingredients are changed, altered and improved. Thus financial statements can also be so modified to the benefit of the "cook".
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