do something with mirrors

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von do something with mirrors im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

To insinuate one has performed a magic or optical trick with the use of hidden mirrors, insinuating trickery and sham

To jokingly pretend that one did something using magic mirrors, that one is a magician; a joking explanation of the fantastic or the unexplained

Silbentrennung

do some·thing with mirrors

Türkische aussprache

du sʌmthîng wîdh mîrırz

Aussprache

/ˈdo͞o ˈsəmᴛʜəɴɢ wəᴛʜ ˈmərərz/ /ˈduː ˈsʌmθɪŋ wɪð ˈmɪrɜrz/

Etymologie

() Akin to the idea that mirrors can project images and once considered magic. Magicians use mirrors to make things look like magic, thus "do it with mirrors." Today, the phrase is more of a joking pretension that one can make things happen with magic mirrors.