hocus-pocus
n. 哄騙
If you describe something as hocus-pocus, you disapprove of it because you think it is false and intended to trick or deceive people.
It is unlikely he would have mistaken hocus-pocus for genuine knowledge.
他不可能把騙人的把戲錯當成真正的知識。
1. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
It is unlikely he would have mistaken hocus-pocus for genuine knowledge.
他不可能把騙人的把戲錯當成真正的知識。
It is just as likely that he was a charlatan peddling hocus - pocus.
他過去恰恰很可能是個挨家挨戶行騙的江湖醫生.
And apparently a little hocus - pocus.
且明顯的有點神奇.