Đồng nghĩa của fool's errand

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falsification legerdemain skulduggery Trojan horse posturing deviousness wiles act underhandedness operation scheming guile suggestion jugglery dirty work semblance artfulness slyness hocus-pocus jiggery-pokery knavery airs venture pose smoke and mirrors catch false show false front veil little game impersonation playacting collusion dissembling shamming proposition ground plan medium makeshift escapade screen cloak delusion jive ambush take-in whitewash toils initiative substitute undertaking complot frame demarche shuffle diddle bamboozlement wrong option unscrupulousness tool formula jest methodology mendacity lying plotting hokum recipe path swizzle sellout sport allurement shakedown planning quackery line sophistry confidence game blackmail secret agency slant embezzlement possibility alternative appearance cover-up affectation monkeyshines agenda veneer management fourberie mode display song and dance claim face dirty pool shady deal proceeding false colours lack of veracity false excuse schtick feigning false pretense effect false display false appearance bait and switch road map outward appearance grand design camouflage equivocation antic feat irresistible bait distortion jape practical joke winning move road innovation coinage concoction creation wrinkle kicker charlatanry cunningness improvisation plans hidden danger clever move insincerity plant jazz baloney bit scene deed cozening hoaxing sanctimoniousness sweet talk soft soap exploitation swizz set of tactics struggle dupery tricks formation contraption appliance snow jiving movement roguery cant beguilement horseplay double-cross subversion crafty designs Tartufferie motion extortion stealing loss-leader shtick one-upmanship gin crookedness stratagems falseness likeness cover up run around mere show deceptiveness pitfall bit of sharp practice piece of deception bill of goods phoneyness false colors draft draught shifting temptation hook dragnet inveiglement enticement seducement snag conniving furtiveness wire-pulling surreptitiousness waffle talk verbiage nonsense double-crossing promotion aid fun apparatus concern publicity device eye-catching novelty counterfeit fixture double cross crooked deal perfidy countermine counterplot treacherousness disloyalty lies propaganda simulacrum showing simulation air profession imitation dumb act come-on fit-up honeytrap empty talk misleading talk secret scheme hypocritical talk hypocritical behaviour dealing attempt progress effort process intention manner technique avenue hot air -gate route conduct routine mechanism style choice regimen kite deal boondoggle instrumentality praxis exercise behaviour protocol proposal dirty tricks solution disposition behavior drill barratry monkeyshine crime criminality string thought palace intrigue villainy submission animus purpose foul play name modus operandi mode of conduct MO method of working mode of behaviour red tape bad deed treatment projection dirty deeds net workflow pattern hoky-poky cruel act snake oil wooden nickel web big picture quagmire roadmap entanglement action plan morass mummery costume personation color colour revel masking tanglement quicksand meshes bilk ride shuck mare's nest play-acting noose

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