pull wool over

“The vast financial web this family built was meant to pull wool over our eyes and conceal their assets from both creditors and victims. As we have argued since we first filed our lawsuit nearly two years ago, we need full transparency into the Sacklers’ total assets, as well as justice for opioid victims and our communities.”

You kind of say to your audience, “We know you know this isn’t real; we’re not trying to pull wool over your eyes.”

“Every election here is meant to pull wool over eyes of Kashmiris and create a smoke screen that everything is fine here,” said Mohammed Abdullah, a college teacher.

“Because he’s a businessman, nobody can pull wool over his eyes when it comes to negotiations,” said John Kotse, 68, a retired lab technician.

But of course Grandma was putting on the best show possible to pull wool over the reporter’s eyes.