snake oil

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. (idiomatic, uncountable) A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.
2. (uncountable) A traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.
3. (uncountable) A type of 19th-century patent medicine sold in the United States that claimed to contain snake fat, supposedly a Native American remedy for various ailments.
4. (idiomatic, uncountable) Any product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality.

Έννοιες

πανάκεια

Συνώνυμα

humbug

elixir

cure-all

hogwash

panacea

tommyrot

tosh

blatherskite

bosh

magic bullet

claptrap

Μεταφράσεις

panacea

Allheilmittel

Wundermittel

panacée

poudre de perlimpinpin

panacea

toccasana

rememdium

panacea

panacēa

panacéia

panaceia

deusa grega que personifica a cura através das ervas