Sail under false colours – Meaning in Hindi, Example | Vocab24 Idioms

Sail under false coloursColoured Idioms · Colour

Meaning: To pretend to be something that one is not

Hindi meaning: दिखावा करना

Example: Our team leader seems to be sailing under false colours, I don’t think he really understands what he’s supposed to be doing.

Sail under false colours - To pretend to be something that one is not

More idioms: Colour

In the limelight — Prominent
Off colour — Not in usual form
To be colourless — Boring
To give colour to — Make a story more credible
A highly coloured report — Fabricated
See someone’s true colours — To understand someone’s actual character
With flying colours — Excellence
To be kept in the dark — Keeping a secret from someone

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