jiggery-pokery

noun

1. 欺骗行为；骗局；捣鬼
   dishonest behaviour

1. N-UNCOUNT 欺骗行为；骗局
   If you describe behaviour as jiggery-pokery, you mean that it involves tricking people or being dishonest.
   1. It seems astonishing that Bond got away with so much jiggery-pokery for as long as he did.
      虽然邦德遭遇的诡计层出不穷，但最后却总能脱离险境，令人惊叹。

1. It seems astonishing that Bond got away with so much jiggery-pokery for as long as he did.
   虽然邦德遭遇的诡计层出不穷，但最后却总能脱离险境，令人惊叹。
2. I know what you're talking about and all that jiggery-pokery makes me sick.
   我很清楚你想说什么，你的欺骗把戏让我感到恶心。
3. He thought there was jiggery-pokery going on in the stables.
   他认为有人正在马厩里做手脚。
4. There has been so much jiggery-pokery in this affair that it is impossible to know exactly what the true facts are.
   这件事有人做了很多手脚，因而无法知道事实究竟如何。
5. I think there's been some jiggery-pokery going on in the finance department.
   我认为财政部里有砦见不得人的勾当。

noun

1. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

   Synonym:    trickeryhocus-pocusslicknesshanky pankyskulduggeryskullduggery