IdiomBody & Senses
English
Englishhave the wool pulled over your eyes
Meaning: to be deceived or fooled.
Example: “The investors had the wool pulled over their eyes by a very convincing slideshow.”
Origin: The highwayman-with-a-blanket story is unsupported; more plausibly from powdered wigs (wool-like) pulled down over the eyes. True origin uncertain.
Equivalents in other languages
French: Tomber dans le panneau Literally: To fall into the panel- French: N'y voir que du feu Literally: To see nothing there but fire
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