phony as a three-dollar bill

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Extremely phony; fake; dishonest; completely bogus. not-comparable
    — Though the film has some handsome, carefully staged action sequences, its machismo seems as phony as a three‐dollar bill.

词形变化

queer as a three dollar bill alternative as fake as a two-dollar bill alternative

词源

As three-dollar bills do not exist. (The Kirtland Safety Society Anti-Banking Co. in Ohio issued unofficial three-dollar bills during a banking crisis but they were never legitimate.)
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