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What is "bill of goods"

Wiktionary
bill of goods

n. 1 (context business English) A collection of items purchased or offered for sale. 2 (context idiomatic English) A set of misleading or deceptive claims; misinformation.

WordNet
bill of goods

  1. n. communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable; "they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car"

  2. a consignment of merchandise

Usage examples of "bill of goods".

The FBI has sold them a bill of goods about national security or something like that.

Franks said he wanted to war-game these options out to make sure he was not selling Rumsfeld a bill of goods.

You've been trying to sell me a bill of goods I'd certainly like to buy.

He had a bill of goods to sell, and he suspected it was rather imperative that he sell it.