che mắt

Người ảo thuật dùng chiếc khăn để che mắt khán giả.

Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To deceive the eyes; to hide something from view: The phrase literally means "to cover the eyes," describing the act of concealing something so it cannot be seen or noticed.
   • To hoodwink; to pull the wool over someone's eyes: It figuratively means to deceive or trick someone, often by presenting a false appearance to hide the truth or reality.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Hắn dùng tấm vải lớn để che mắt mọi người. (He used a large cloth to hide it from everyone's view.)
  • Những lời hứa hão ấy chỉ nhằm che mắt công chúng mà thôi. (Those empty promises are only meant to hoodwink the public.)
  • Không thể dễ dàng che mắt được các chuyên gia. (You cannot easily pull the wool over the experts' eyes.)

Advanced Usage

• "Che mắt thiên hạ": A common idiomatic expression meaning "to deceive the world; to hide the truth from everyone."
  • Âm mưu của hắn là che mắt thiên hạ. (His scheme is to deceive the whole world.)

Variants and Related Words

• Che đậy (verb): To cover up, to conceal (often a truth or a mistake).
  • Họ tìm cách che đậy sự thật. (They tried to cover up the truth.)
• Lừa dối (verb): To deceive, to cheat.
  • Đừng để bị lừa dối bởi vẻ bề ngoài. (Don't be deceived by appearances.)

Synonyms

• Đánh lừa: To trick, to fool.
• Qua mặt: To get past someone (often by deception); to outsmart.

Related Idioms

• "Bịt mắt bắt dê": Literally "blindfolded goat catching," a traditional game. Figuratively, it can imply acting without full knowledge or being easily deceived.
  • Làm việc mà không có thông tin chẳng khác nào bịt mắt bắt dê. (Working without information is like being blindfolded.)
• "Treo đầu dê, bán thịt chó": Literally "hang a goat's head, sell dog meat." It means to engage in fraud, to advertise one thing but sell another, which is closely related to the concept of .