put-up job
noun[Cusually singular]
informaluk/ˈpʊt.ʌp ˌdʒɒb/us/ˈpʊt̬.ʌp ˌdʒɑːb/anattempttotrickordeceivesomeone:
骗局,奸计Thehotellookedlike a goodinvestment, but itturnedout that thewholething was a put-upjob.这个旅馆看上去像是个不错的投资,但后来发现整件事只是一个骗局。
Plotting & trapping
- be in league withsomeoneidiom
- cahoots
- catchsomeoneout
- chemtrail
- chicanery
- conspiracy theory
- conspirator
- conspire
- entrap
- entrapment
- hatch
- plot
- plotter
- pretext
- pretextual
- scheme
- setsomethingup
- snare
- sting
- trap