done by mirrors



done by mirrors

and done with mirrors
mod. illusory; accomplished in a way that is purposefully deceptive. He’s not really smart. It’s all done by mirrors. The whole budgetary process is done with mirrors.
See also: done, mirror

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Zachariah[.zækə'raiə]
Ya'rah-Biblical Hebrew
Valerivah-LYE-ree (Russian)Bulgarian, Georgian, Russian
ZimriZIM-rie (English)Biblical
RuudRUYDDutch
Mis'id-Arabic