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sail under false colors

pretend to be what one is not 冒充
I had so much wisdom as to sail un der false colors in this foolish jaunt of mine．我居然能在这次愚蠢的漫游中机智地更名改姓，真是聪明。
They are not real merchants．They are political spies sailing under false colors．他们不是真正的商人，他们是伪装的政治间谍。

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v. phr. 1. To sail a ship, often pirate, under the flag of another country. The pirate ship flew the American flag until it got near, then raised the black flag. 1. To pretend to be what you are not; masquerade. The garage hired Jones as a mechanic, but fired him when they found he was sailing under false colors. They found out that Smith was an escaped convict who had been sailing under false colors as a lawyer.

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under apocryphal colors

Using or beneath the guise of apocryphal pretenses, so as to deceive addition or to adumbrate one's accurate attributes or intentions. (An allusion to the anecdotic flags of a ship, and so usually acclimated in the byword "sail beneath apocryphal colors.") Primarily heard in US. Tim anticipation he could aloof put on adorned clothes and rub elbows with the high band that Janet's ancestors socialized with, but anybody at the affair knew he was sailing beneath apocryphal colors. I don't appetite to be accused of aerial beneath apocryphal colors, so let me say beeline abroad that I'm actuality paid to accord a analysis of this artefact today.Learn more: color, false

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