| 单词 | bill of goods |
| 例句 | “Someone’s really sold you a bill of goods. Plenty of mortals are better at plenty of stuff than the Folk. Why do you think we steal them away?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Or the husband and wife who sell each other a bill of goods during courtship. The lies we live by: What “Gone Girl” and “Transparent” have in common 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Mothers have been sold a bill of goods through which we trade our brains for parenthood, and it is suffocating many of us. Perspective | I love my child but I don’t love parenting. Will this change? 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z It's impossible not to wonder if one is being sold a bill of goods when it's too easy to link disparate action images from different times and places and call it a whole-cloth scene. Cute, moving 'Chimpanzee' swings between jungle, editing room 2012-04-18T22:50:05Z Meantime, if you were brought up on the notion that “rock ’n’ and roll is here to stay,” you may have been sold a bill of goods. Why It’s Time to Take ‘Rock’ Out of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2012-10-10T12:00:41Z He posits that the American family was sold a false bill of goods by pop culture, and the inability to attain that shiny happy standard has irrevocably warped their minds. Natural Born Killers at 25: the problem with Oliver Stone's hit film 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z We've been sold a bill of goods, went Friedan's clarion call. 'A Strange Stirring': Stephanie Coontz weighs the impact of Betty Friedan's 'The Feminine Mystique' 2011-02-24T20:36:03Z As for artists, choreographers included, can they sometimes resemble salesmen or politicians, selling the public a bills of goods? The Week Ahead: June 13 ? 19 2010-06-11T13:31:00Z From our different vantage points, my daughters and I look at our millennial comrades and see what the shabby bill of goods they and their boomer parents were sold has wrought. Why I'm OK with my kids "falling behind" in school during the pandemic 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z And I think they all want to escape boyhood, yet the bill of goods they’ve been sold, on what it means to be a man, can be pretty soul-crushing. This Week in Fiction: David Gilbert on Writing About a Man Who Is Trapped as a Boy 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z I think that they’ve been sold a bill of goods in this last election and that they will suffer for it. Double bubble trouble: John Scalzi on living in two Americas 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z If you scare people enough, they are easily sold a bill of goods. 9 industries that scare you into buying things you don’t need 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Steinberg suggests I was sold a bill of goods. Is there any such thing as a guilt-free lawn in L.A.? 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z “At the same time, I have sympathy for some of these students because I think they were sold a bill of goods.” Trailing Trump, DeSantis Unveils Economic Plan Slamming ‘Failed Elites’ 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Americans have been sold a bill of goods, coming and going. Perspective | Will weight-loss drugs put diet charlatans out of business? I hope so. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z House Minority Leader Todd Rutherford slammed colleagues for selling a “false bill of goods.” With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z The Bush administration sold a false bill of goods to justify its “preemptive” intervention against the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Analysis | 20 years later, U.S. invasion of Iraq hangs over war in Ukraine 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Most Americans have woken up to the fact that they've been sold a bill of goods about cannabis and stand behind legalization. We need a bigger recovery "tent": It's time to think beyond 12-step programs 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z “I personally think that our City Council has been sold a bill of goods by Fufeng and they have stars in their eyes because they see money coming in, they see growth coming in.” A North Dakota City Attracted a Corn Mill. Then Came Questions About Its Chinese Owners. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z “Stop selling the American people a bill of goods, and I’m looking directly at my party when I say that.” Biden’s $1.5T budget bill boosts funding for congressional offices by 21% 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z “You already feel like you were sold a bill of goods, like, ‘I did all the right things and now this.' They were so careful, for so long. They got covid anyway. 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z “You already feel like you were sold a bill of goods, like, ‘I did all the right things and now this.’ They were so careful, for so long. They got COVID anyway. 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z He has brought them only pain and suffering and sold them a bill of goods consisting of lies and conspiracy theories. Trump's planning to run again in 2024: Will his supporters ever realize he hates them? 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z We have been sold an unwarranted bill of goods as to our uniqueness in the animal kingdom. Embracing hopelessness: Getting over our faith in reason is the only path forward 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z “We are sold a bill of goods by the beauty industry that making these kinds of superficial changes to our appearance will change our lives,” Dr. Engeln said. Smartly Consider a Bold New Look 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z Kulka was not the only Everest student who was sold a bill of goods. Student loan borrowers perplexed by Biden administration’s continued defense of Trump-era lawsuits 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z "They are selling a false bill of goods to all of us in the United States," Travis said. LeBron James, NBA stars silent on Chinese court ruling homosexuality possible mental disorder 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z “I sincerely do. You were quite possibly sold a bill of goods. You were very likely pressured by your friends, your parents, or your guidance counselor, to attend the ‘right’ school. Mike Rowe blasts student loan forgiveness: ‘The fault belongs to you’ 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z When the spell breaks, the trance shatters — when at last we realize we've been sold a bill of goods — there's gonna be hell to pay. American madhouse at a turning point: Is our nation finally ready to rejoin reality? 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z “We’re being sold a bill of goods that all those checks and balances work.” ‘This is not a Miss America contest’: Sexism in science, research is challenged 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z "The drug companies sold us doctors a bill of goods," Woodson wrote. Oxycontin maker pleads guilty to criminal charge over opioid sales 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z “It always makes me sad to hear that Native people, especially tribal leaders, have been sold a bill of goods when it comes to stereotypes,” she said. Why One Team Named the Indians Won’t Be Changing Its Name 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z That year, he realized that his parents had been sold a bill of goods about America as the land of the free: “We were all brainwashed. … Everyone in America fell for it.” At 88, he is a historical rarity — the living son of a slave 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z The US president, critics say, has spent years selling a bill of goods to the American people. Trump bruised as polls favour Biden – but experts warn of risk of dirty tricks 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z His Willy, a salesman aggressively trapped in a delusive way of thinking, would rather die a martyr than admit to being sold a bill of goods about success. How Arthur Miller speaks to our pandemic economy in 'Death of a Salesman' 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z “It was a pack of lies. . . . About a quarter through it I thought: ‘You know — he’s selling a bill of goods like a snake oil salesman. Democrats at a crossroads after Trump’s acquittal, torn between investigations and sole focus on policy 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The funny-angry voice that Wiener brings to “Uncanny Valley” has emerged as the prevailing tone of millennial writing and commentary — the defeated yet defiant cry in the face of being sold a bill of goods. Review: 'Uncanny Valley' serves up a biting slice of start-up life 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z “I got sold a bill of goods,” Fuller says. At least now we know God isn’t the answer to our endless health reform debate 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Prots, the Museum of Natural History scientist, said that he understood the mayor’s eagerness for better economic prospects, but that he and other mountain people were being sold a bill of goods. A Disgraced Ukrainian Oligarch’s Bizarre Ski Resort Plan 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z "I mean, we are being sold a bill of goods. Remember the good old days when scandals were scandalous? I mean Watergate, Iran-Contra, Monica-gate. This is scandal impersonation," Gutfeld said on "The Five." Greg Gutfeld says voters angry at media for Trump-Biden coverage, supporting the 'orange devil' to spite them 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z We are often sold a similar bill of goods: big tech companies talk incessantly about how “AI” and digitization will bring a better future. To decarbonize we must decomputerize: why we need a Luddite revolution 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z The drug companies sold us doctors a bill of goods. A surgeon explains how opioid makers trick doctors into prescribing painkillers 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z And Axne says Trump “sold them a bill of goods” by promising to expand ethanol sales but then cutting the demand for the corn-based fuel by approving exemptions to oil refineries. Axne: Farmer patience with Trump is wearing thin 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The Orioles are trying to sell a bill of goods to dispirited fans about a baseball revival underway with new general manager Mike Elias, fresh off the turnaround team that rebuilt the Houston Astros. LOVERRO: Orioles ‘rebuild’ doomed as long as Angelos owns team 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Therefore it has gotten to this level where people are coming over to this country — you know, 100,000 or more a month in apprehensions — and they've been sold a bad bill of goods. Tomi Lahren wants "difficult conversations." This is one of them 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Newsom also said the current political climate has only bred fear and anxiety and accused Trump of selling voters a bill of goods. Gavin Newsom predicts the GOP will devolve into a third party: 'They are finished' 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z “I’m surprised 100 percent aren’t for it. People are being sold a bill of goods with no data. . . . It’s a fantastical proposal that can’t possibly play out as they’re selling it.” Why is Hogan pursuing toll lanes project despite objections? It’s good politics. 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z "You're being sold a bill of goods here that this is a new revelation - when it was anything but new." Concha: Press covering Trump's leaked tax returns showing 'the worst kind of bias' 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z “They’ve sold the FAA a rotten bill of goods,” the inspector said. Boeing overhauls quality controls: more high-tech tracking but fewer inspectors 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z On the matter of my own country’s economic system, for all my family wisdom about what something ought to cost and who was peddling a con, I had been sold a bill of goods. Country pride: what I learned growing up in rural America 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z On scoreboards, however, the product’s been a bill of goods. PGA Championship 2018: In a season of sizzle, Phil Mickelson proves to be more style than substance - Golf Digest 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Dip into the old corporate coffers and sell them that bill of goods. Corporations have been working with the right wing to weaponize the First Amendment for decades 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z And underlying their disappointment is a hint that they were sold a bill of goods, though it isn’t clear by whom: their parents, their generation, their society? Review | How the new economy leaves millennials saddled with debt and doubt 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z His reply was that the military has everything it needs and that the Pentagon has sold the American people a bill of goods. Opinion | Can this female military pilot defeat a Bigfoot hunter in Tennessee’s wackiest primary? 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Is Mr. Moon selling the same bill of goods now? Moon Over Singapore 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Republicans have sold a bill of goods to the entire country and it will only become more obvious as the calendar ticks along. U.S. Economy Grew by 2.3% in First Quarter, Easing Slightly 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z “The president was really sold a bill of goods here,” said Christopher Ruddy, Newsmax’s chief executive, who speaks frequently to the president. Trump signs massive spending bill, but not before a little drama 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Maybe "smart" people can recognize when we are being sold a bill of goods? How Silicon Valley Came to Be a Land of ‘Bros’ 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z “It’s concerning,” Dalton told me, “because public welfare leaders who are trying to preserve their jobs can easily be sold a bill of goods. They don’t have a lot of sophistication to evaluate these products.” Can an Algorithm Tell When Kids Are in Danger? 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Whatever bill of goods Mr. Trump is selling, his claims require more context. Examining Trump’s Asia Deals That He Says Are Worth Billions 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Republicans and specifically Trump core supporters will never admit they were sold a bill of goods with Donald Trump and his mercurial messaging and frenetic approach at governing or the absence thereof. Wooing Trump, Xi Jinping Seeks Great Power Status for China 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z In two weeks nobody will recall this or that grievance about the Senate bill, but GOP voters will wonder about the bill of goods they were sold. Joseph Rago’s Wit and Wisdom 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Senators felt they had been “sold a bill of goods,” the lobbyist said, and had expected the Senate bill to have greater distance from the House bill. How the push for a Senate health-care vote fell apart amid GOP tensions 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z The French people were sold a bill of goods by globalists who felt guilt over France's colonial past in North Africa. As the French Go to the Polls, Uncertainty Is the Only Sure Bet 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Commenters on the conservative website Infowars were similarly appalled, with some lamenting, “We have been sold a false bill of goods.” Choice of Pro-Immigration Economic Adviser Riles Trump’s Base 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z “They’re looking at issues. They were promised a bill of goods that was not delivered.” Republicans begin to fret about holding on to Tom Price’s Georgia seat 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z “He presented the president with a damaged bill of goods,” Christopher Ruddy, a Trump friend who publishes the conservative website Newsmax, said in an interview. In healthcare defeat, President Trump learns a costly lesson that could imperil his agenda 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z Trump is far from a populist; he’s a fabulist, selling the working-class Americans who voted for him a bill of goods. Let's be honest: Trump's taxes are not a top concern for most Americans | Douglas Williams 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z “We are still apart somewhat on replacement, but some of the reason we are apart is, I think, Paul Ryan is selling him a bill of goods that he didn’t explain to the president.” Donald Trump woos his former opponents in bid to repeal and replace Obamacare 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z “The leadership is selling him a bill of goods and has mischaracterized to him the amount of opposition,” he said. Trump goes into dealmaking mode, works behind the scenes on health bill 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z As the meetings continued, Rhodes recalled, the Cubans seemed determined to address “the whole bill of goods from the Bay of Pigs on,” working through the tangled history of the two countries. A New Cuba 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z For those aligning themselves with Trump, Clinton said, "We need to talk. We don't want you being sold the same bill of goods as the students who signed up to go to Trump University." Hillary Clinton’s Newest Challenge: Great Expectations 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z And if Clinton was sold a bill of goods, so were the American people: 56 percent of Americans wanted to invade Iraq back in October 2002. These 5 Facts Explain Hillary Clinton's Foreign Policy Evolution 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z They were sold a bill of goods and once the checks were cashed, there was no one on the other line to greet them. Pay attention, America: Donald Trump and the lessons of Brexit 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z But they were sold a bill of goods by an unaccredited for-profit institution on the basis of Trump’s celebrity. Trump University is a microcosm of Trump’s campaign: Why Clinton is right to call him a dangerous huckster 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The notion that the legislature might change the law if the ordinance is repealed is a “false bill of goods,” he said. North Carolina speaker: On LGBT, Charlotte must repeal first 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z You are being sold a bill of goods. Donald Trump is selling a bill of goods; here's how you can really make America great 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z This rage-against-the-machine bill of goods catapulted Mr. Cruz to prominence on talk radio, digital media and within a rump wing of the Republican Party. The Cruz Conundrum 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z It’s not just that congressional Republicans couldn’t defund Obamacare despite dozens of symbolic votes, but also that all along they sold voters an unachievable bill of goods. Explaining the Trump phenomenon 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Critics at the time, including us, argued that White House claims about cost control were always a bill of goods. Hillary’s Dirty Little ObamaCare Secret 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z They have been the campaign that by far has been most successful on selling the pundits a bill of goods. Will New Hampshire be the last stand for Jeb Bush? 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z "We were sold a bill of goods where we allowed amnesty for millions of people and then we secured the border," he told Rubio. People in New Hampshire live nearly 2,400 miles from El Paso, Texas, 1 of the busiest crossings on America's southern border 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Paul Krugman, the Nobel laureate New York Times columnist, essentially accused Sanders of selling his supporters a bill of goods with the health care plan. Does Bernie Sanders actually want to be president? 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Presidential candidates who tell us this year that jihadist terrorism is someone else’s problem are selling us a bill of goods. The price of American inaction 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z We get sold a bill of goods over and over again.” Matt Bevin tries on outsider message in Kentucky governor’s race 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z From the moment President Obama took office, Republicans in Congress have been selling the base a bill of goods. Chaos is the GOP’s new normal 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z "No company should be allowed to evade our environmental laws or promise consumers a fake bill of goods," Mr Schneiderman said in a statement announcing the probe. Volkswagen facing multiple US probes - BBC News 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z When I complained I’d been sold a false bill of goods with the internship, my supervisor responded that since 2,000 of the subscribers were from Quebec, I’d get to practice my French. Performance-Based College 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Plaintiffs representing bond holders allege that the banks sold them a bill of goods. Brazil's Biggest Banks Caught In Petrobras Dragnet 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z “A bill of goods that never was going to happen in the first place” is how Sen. George Munoz described the spaceport Friday. Bill calls for putting New Mexico spaceport up for sale 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Concerned parents and health care providers should not be angry at him for selling his anti-vax bill of goods, he repeats. Meet the Latest Driver of the Anti-Vaccine Clown Car (Who Thinks You're a 'Bad Mother') 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z We are sold a bill of goods — and a suite of fabulous, free services such as Google and Tinder. Book review: ‘The Internet Is Not the Answer’ by Andrew Keen 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Satire responds to the realization that we’ve been sold a bill of goods—that the choices we’re offered are illusory and all ultimately the same. The Simpsons Go to China 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, Besson tries to sell the same bill of goods here. ‘Lucy’ movie review: Scarlett Johansson’s powerful mind, unlocked and ready to kill “The report clearly shows, in many respects, the American public is being sold a false bill of goods,” said Andrea Prasow, deputy Washington director at Human Rights Watch. Human rights report takes at U.S. terrorism prosecutions, criticizes FBI tactics He took millions of dollars from the C.I.A., founded and was accused of defrauding the second-biggest bank in Jordan and sold the Bush administration a bill of goods on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. A blast from the neocons' past 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Whether it’s a bill of goods they’ve sold themselves or simple golf reality, they will love the place and believe it loves them back. At U.S. Open, positive state of mind is the proper course of action Penicillin Allergies Overblown The woman with the swollen red leg was selling us one bill of goods after another. Hard Cases: Penicillin Allergies Overblown 2013-09-09T19:35:19Z The meeting invitation you sent was entitled “Strategy Planning Session” and it’s a false bill of goods to those ready to get involved when instead you present a carefully crafted defense of your plan. Silence (In the Conference Room) Is Deadly 2013-06-25T10:20:00Z I think they were sold a bill of goods.” End of the ‘Free’ Subway Ride in Los Angeles 2013-05-03T17:04:55Z Man, did the Jets sell him a bill of goods or what? The Fifth Down: Rallying Around Tebow, as Jets Run From Him 2012-12-19T13:24:37Z Saying he believes in "transparency," Cubs President Theo Epstein maintained Thursday he doesn't want to "sell a bill of goods" to fans expecting a one-year turnaround. Epstein vows reward for patience 2012-10-05T02:35:00Z Don’t count on "next year" Epstein said he believes in “transparency,” and thus won’t “sell a bill of goods” and try and con fans into thinking it’s going to get much better in 2013. Theo to Cubs fans: Don't expect quick fix 2012-10-04T19:08:00Z They feel they were sold a bill of goods at college and by the media. Four crazy conservatives you haven’t (yet) heard of 2012-09-14T12:46:00Z An Englishman traveling in South America told me that on one occasion he sold a large bill of goods on credit to a man who proved to be a rascal. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z “They get a noisy political grassroots movement that wants to subsidize a team, and then they get sold a bill of goods.” Americans Clueless Paying Wall Street $20 Billion for Bad Swaps 2012-01-13T14:43:10Z Perhaps the lawyer has bought a bill of goods from you. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Cato loved to play poker so much that he'd knock right off in the middle of selling a bill of goods to a gang of freighters to go off somewheres and sit in a game. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z “I think David Weprin knows that he was sold a false bill of goods, and these other legislators are going to learn the same thing.” Gay-Marriage Issue?s Role in Bob Turner?s Victory Is Debated 2011-09-17T01:42:29Z Sure, they must accept somebody but, for the most part, are these colleges selling kids a bill of goods by encouraging them to apply this way. The Choice Blog: Part 2: Answers to Your Back-to-School Admissions Questions 2011-09-13T09:00:08Z Then at some point we wake up and realize we’ve been sold a bill of goods: it’s all about winning. Sports of The Times: Superstar Players, Incomplete Careers 2011-06-13T01:05:47Z Sierra Club Deputy Executive Director Bruce Hamilton says Obama "has been sold a bill of goods." Fracking: The Great Shale Gas Rush 2011-03-03T22:00:00Z I think there was a fellow by that name bought a bill of goods and said he would be back for them later, one day, not long ago. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z And if the fragile recovery teeters or slips, Mr. Obama could wind up looking like he tried to sell the nation a bill of goods. And Now, the Cheerleader in Chief 2011-01-30T05:01:02Z “We’ve sold ourselves this bill of goods about rugged individualism,” she added. The New Old Age: Sharing a Table, and Much More 2010-10-15T16:18:00Z When legally mandated procedures aren't followed, courts get upset, investors start wondering if they've been sold a bill of goods, and the litigation floodgates fly open. Obama's foreclosure nightmare 2010-10-12T17:45:00Z "We were sold a bill of goods by BP and other oil companies going back several administrations," said Rep. How the Private Sector Outsmarts Regulators 2010-06-02T20:08:00Z But at minimum, believers in personalized medicine should not be selling the public a bill of goods. Why DNA Doesn't Always Predict Disease 2010-05-18T17:31:00Z At a press conference before leaving, she beamingly implored the Chinese government to keep buying U.S. debt, like a traveling saleswoman hawking a bill of goods. China's Private Party 2010-05-14T22:14:00Z Sold a bill of goods by Nike and everyone else pushing LeBron to be the chosen one, it now appears, too soon. LeBron vs. Kobe: There?s no comparison 2010-05-13T04:18:00Z Because otherwise, we're going to be selling the American people a bill of goods. 2010-02-01T22:30:00Z He was spending some hours of his time before the solitary train came through in persuading the groceryman to commit himself for a large bill of goods. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway A note or check given for a bill of goods is not payment. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman Furthermore, Schrimm, if Sidney plays Kelly pool every afternoon, you could bet your life he also sells him a big bill of goods, also. The Competitive Nephew The bloody trunk that had been found on the Lake View prairie corresponded also in every detail with the one that figured in his bill of goods. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin And you could not earn enough here to pay your board, dress decently, and pay for any bill of goods that you–or your father–may want.” Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club A merchant in New York has sold a bill of goods to a merchant in London, having thus become his creditor, say, for $5,000. Elements of Foreign Exchange A Foreign Exchange Primer If A sells a bill of goods to B, who declines to receive them, and the contract is wholly verbal, he can shield himself behind this statute wherever it prevails. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman We will suppose, for instance, that a man with “fair pretences” applies to a wholesale merchant for credit on a large bill of goods. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages Frequently after selling a bill of goods he would be requested by a customer, who knew of his ability, to recite or declaim a speech from one of the well-known German plays. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man In plain language, people were sold a bill of goods—get rid of Congress and you'll have more food. This Crowded Earth I remarked that I believed I could sell him a bill of goods. Twenty Years of Hus'ling The Humanists have sold the press a bill of goods, and so they control the papers in the most effective way of all. The Deadly Daughters No; what you say to me and what I say to you hasn't any more to do with you and Lucy than if you were selling me a bill of goods. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) On one occasion, while clerking in Offutt's store, at New Salem, Ill., he sold a woman a little bill of goods, amounting in value by the reckoning, to two dollars six and a quarter cents. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings Had Mr. Macklin given me the truth or was I being sold another shoddy bill of goods? Highways in Hiding The whole family got up and came down stairs in the store, and I finished up with them about five o'clock in the morning, after selling a large bill of goods. Twenty Years of Hus'ling "There is my passport for a year, here the bill of goods of the Polish seller, the copies of my letters to the custom-house officer, and the replies to them." Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Many a big bill of goods I sold on zwieback and coffee, Sidney—crackers and milk, too. Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter I make it more on that Interstate Copper in two days what I could make it on ten big bills of goods. Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures A firm in Boston started out a confident young man, and he sold tremendous bills of goods. The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future Suppose a simple case: The plaintiff is suing on a long account for a bill of goods which will take a long time to prove. The Man in Court He thought of the fine large bill of goods, engaged for himself and partners to take to the "See Saw" claim. The Furnace of Gold The young feller already sold for us this morning for five hundred dollars a bill of goods, and he could stay with us oder not, just as he wants. Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter If you couldn't sell him a bill of goods, Abe, you couldn't sell nobody. Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures If you were running a business, and a big buyer came in, would you roast him and knock his methods, and criticize his family, and then expect to sell him a bill of goods? The Clarion "I've got to meet a man in Newark and sell him a bill of goods." Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned "He's got a little bill of goods for me, too." Heart's Desire I heard of a young man the other day who went into an office in Chicago to sell a bill of goods. Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls "I guess he's going to buy a big bill of goods, Mawruss." Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures The chance of the merchant to recover a rebate on a bill of goods that he believes are defective depends entirely on his ability to make the seller believe the same thing. Elements of Debating But I want you to hurry out this bill of goods in time for the four-ten Great Northern. The Rim of the Desert They came together in the doorway, and, before they could pass each other, a rival salesman slipped by and sold the other partner a large bill of goods. Said the Observer The other man dropped his fierce manner at once, and the young man sold him a large bill of goods. Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls Mr. Potash," he said, "I bought from you six bills of goods in the last few months. Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures Prayer stirring in the soul, is to man spiritually what a bill of goods preceding the payment is to a merchant. True Woman, The A Series of Discourses Why, there was a girl down in Seattle, she sold me a bill of goods that looked more like you than you do yourself. The Rim of the Desert I sold him a pretty stiff bill of goods this morning. The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On Fortunately, the day before, I had refused the payment due me for a large bill of goods; and this came now in a very good time. A Practical Illustration of "Woman's Right to Labor" A Letter from Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D. Late of Berlin, Prussia "You look like you sold a big bill of goods." Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures But I should so sell each bill of goods that the person to whom I sell shall make as much as I make. Acres of Diamonds: our every-day opportunities Because," answered Herb, "I remember a man of that name a few weeks ago calling at dad's store to get a bill of goods. The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize In that remote day, that man will earn, with one week's work, that bill of goods which it takes you upwards of fifty weeks to earn now. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 7. I shouldn't be surprised if you sold the church a nice little bill of goods. John Wesley, Jr. The Story of an Experiment Craney attacked the subject like a drummer selling a bill of goods, but the keeper didn't seem to understand. The Belted Seas Often wholesalers take a note as part or even full payment for a bill of goods to a retailer. Business Hints for Men and Women The balancing of his little gods of books is of more account, in his eyes, than is the sale of a bill of goods. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" If you do, I'll make that ten back in less than ten minutes and you'll stay with me an hour and buy a decent bill of goods.' Tales of the Road He went on to the next station where he had intended to stop, as though nothing worth talking about had happened, and sold a bill of goods before dinner. The One Woman This morning," he said, "I foolishly gave Eben a hundred dollars, and sent him to Boston to pay for a bill of goods which I recently bought of a wholesale house on Milk Street. Do and Dare — a Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune It was the first bill of goods they had sold him, and Hartman could not go to them for assistance in lifting the note, for that would effectually cut off all hope of further credit. Woman's Trials Or, Tales and Sketches from the Life around Us The bill of goods on the floor looked exactly like the one I saw there the day I started away. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" What he should do is to sell a merchant a good bill—and he can sell a whole bill of goods about as quickly as he can sell one special item. Tales of the Road My next meeting with Mr. Gray was in the shop of a mechanic to whom he had sold a bill of goods some months previously. All's for the Best One was to sell a bill of goods; the other to advise Bell of a chance that I knew of by which I was certain he could make a small fortune. Rolling Stones He purchased a bill of goods from Brackton, and, with Creech helping, carried it up to the cabin under the bluff. Wildfire He was a gentleman of most amiable exterior, and when he entered the store of Rose & Cody they prepared to dispose of a large bill of goods. Last of the Great Scouts : the life story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill" as told by his sister I sold a man a fair bill of goods. Tales of the Road I remember that I once sold a bill of goods in this way: I had sold this customer regularly for five or six years every season. Tales of the Road I knew a man who once lost a good customer just because he beefed when a man to whom he had sold a bill of goods countermanded the order. Tales of the Road I soon began to walk the floor to keep the kid from howling, and presently I decided I would rather keep that child quiet than sell a bill of goods. Tales of the Road Selling a bill of goods, even to an old customer, takes a whole lot of energy. Tales of the Road Many a bill of goods is sold on the road through the influence of the clerk. Tales of the Road |
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