La lista de Idioms mostradas a continuación, competen al ítem sobre la decepción:
| Behind your back | Sell the pass |
| Go behind someone’s back | A pig in a poke |
| Cook the books | Come the raw prawn |
| Cloak-and-dagger | Sell someone a pup |
| Whole cloth | Smell a rat |
| A cock and bull story/tale | Take someone for a ride |
| Sail under false colours | Sell someone down the river |
| Play with a loaded/stacked deck | Put/throw someone off the scent |
| Do the dirt/dirty on someone | A shell game |
| Pull a fast one | Slippery as an eel |
| On the fiddle | Blow smoke (in someone’s face/eyes) |
| Lead someone up/down the garden path | Smoke and mirrors |
| Put a gloss on something | Snake oil |
| Pull someone’s leg | A snake oil salesman |
| Live a lie | A snow job |
| A living lie | Lie trough your teeth |
| A white lie | Have your fingers/hand in the till |
| Give/pay lip service to something | Speak/talk with forked tongue |
| Monkey business | Economical with the truth |
| Go through the motions | Pull the wool over someone’s eyes |
| Do a number on someone |
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Honesty - Irritation - Deception - Hiding - Fear
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