snake oil

慣用表現不可算名詞

(idiomatic) A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea. / A traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.

日本語の意味

（慣用句）詐欺的で効果のない薬、あるいは宣伝を盾に売り出される偽りの万能薬。 / （歴史的・特殊な用法）中国伝統医学における、関節痛の治療に用いられる薬。

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He warned us not to buy that snake oil, since it promised miracles but did nothing.

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彼は私たちに、奇跡を約束して効果のないインチキの万能薬を買わないように警告した。

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意味（1）

(idiomatic) A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.

意味（2）

A traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.

意味（3）

意味（4）

(idiomatic) Any product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality.

As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as "critics and naysayers".

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