German-English translation for "Bauernfängerei"

"Bauernfängerei" English translation

Bauernfängerei
[ˌbauərn-]Femininum | feminine f <Bauernfängerei; Bauernfängereien> figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig pejorativ, abwertend | pejorativepej

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confidence tricks
  • confidence tricksPlural | plural pl
    Bauernfängerei
    Bauernfängerei
examples
  • das ist nichts als Bauernfängerei!
    this is a con!
    das ist nichts als Bauernfängerei!
Mr President, I must tell you that there will no fool's bargain struck with us.
Herr Präsident, ich muß Ihnen sagen, bei einer solchen Bauernfängerei machen wir nicht mit.
Source: Europarl
Anyone who lumps all of this together is clearly deluding himself.
Wer dies alles über einen Kamm schert, der begeht Bauernfängerei.
Source: Europarl
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