jiggery-pokery
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++jig·ger·y-po·ker·y /ˌdʒɪɡəri ˈpəʊkəri $ -ˈpoʊ-/ noun [uncountable] British English informalDISHONEST secret dishonest activity to make something seem what it is not 诈骗;骗局 There’s been some jiggery-pokery with the figures. 这些数字被做了手脚。
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jiggery-pokery• This kind of jiggery-pokery does them a disservice.• But according to these figures there's been some jiggery-pokery with the room rates.jig·ger·y-po·ker·y nounChineseSyllable
something make activity dishonest secret to Corpus
jiggery-pokery
jig‧ger‧y-po‧ker‧y /ˌdʒɪɡəri ˈpəʊkəri $ -ˈpoʊ-/
noun [uncountable]
British English informal secret dishonest activity to make something seem what it is not:
There’s been some jiggery-pokery with the figures.
jig‧ger‧y-po‧ker‧y /ˌdʒɪɡəri ˈpəʊkəri $ -ˈpoʊ-/
noun [uncountable]British English informal secret dishonest activity to make something seem what it is not: