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have the wool pulled over your eyes

Meaning: to be deceived or fooled.

Language: English

Literally: to have wool pulled over your eyes

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: The highwayman-with-a-blanket story is unsupported; more plausibly from powdered wigs (wool-like) pulled down over the eyes. True origin uncertain.

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