pull the wool over someone's eyes

Deceive or hoodwink someone, as in His partner had pulled the wool over his eyes for years by keeping the best accounts for himself . This term alludes to the former custom of wearing a wig, which when slipping down can blind someone temporarily. [c. 1800]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Julianne	joo-lee-AN	English
Hortense	or-TAWNS (French)	French, English
Derrick	DER-ik	English
Aatto	AH:T-to	Finnish
Hyledd	-	Welsh
Modesta	mo-DHE-stah (Spanish)	Spanish, Late Roman