eyewash

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable, usually) The washing out of the eyes with copious solution (usually water alone) to quickly remove an irritant, as for example in laboratories and industrial plants; the washing solution itself.
2. (countable, uncountable, usually) A soothing medicated lotion for the eyes.
3. (figuratively, slang, uncountable, usually) Camouflage; disguise; false front; pretense; nonsense.

Verb

1. To fool with nonsense or flattery.
2. To keep information secret by sending false information to many people in one's own organization, and correct information to a select few.

Concetti

collirio

chiacchiere

adulazione

impostura

inganno

lusinga

turlupinatura

imbroglio

sinonimi

collyrium

wind

jive

idle talk

idle chit-chat

mindless ranting

balderdash

eye-lotion

idle gossip

humbug

blarney

deception

evasion

nonsense

eye-salve

a lotion for the eye

sweet-talk

gloze

flattery

eye drops

cajolery

blandishment

adulation

hoodwinking

ass kissing

Traduzioni

sornettes

broza

délayage

phraséologie

parlotte

conversa fiada

bavardage

collyre

papotage

parlote

verbalisme

verbiage

geraaskal

hojarasca

Etimologia (Inglese)

From eye + wash.
Compare typologically Russian глаз замы́лился (glaz zamýlilsja) (akin to мы́ло (mýlo), мыть (mytʹ)).