English Dictionary

pass the bottle of smoke

動詞

稀用

(rare) To acquiesce in some falsehood; to make pretence.

日本語の意味

偽りを受け入れる、つまり虚偽を容認すること / 偽りであるとしながらも、あたかも本当であるかのように装うこと

Faced with mounting evidence, he decided to pass the bottle of smoke rather than expose the lie.

証拠が増える中、彼は嘘を暴くのではなくその嘘を容認することにした。

意味（1）

(rare) To acquiesce in some falsehood; to make pretence.

To help myself in my turn, as the man before me helps himself in his, and pass the bottle of smoke. To keep up the pretence as to labour, and study, and patience, and being devoted to my art, and giving up many solitary days to it, and abandoning many pleasures for it, and living in it, and all the rest of it—in short, to pass the bottle of smoke, according to rule.

passes the bottle of smoke （ present singular third-person ）

passing the bottle of smoke （ participle present ）

passed the bottle of smoke （ participle past ）

passed the bottle of smoke （ past ）