do something with mirrors

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To insinuate one has performed a magic or optical trick with the use of hidden mirrors, insinuating trickery and sham
To jokingly pretend that one did something using magic mirrors, that one is a magician; a joking explanation of the fantastic or the unexplained
do something with mirrors

    Hyphenation

    do some·thing with mirrors

    Turkish pronunciation

    du sʌmthîng wîdh mîrırz

    Pronunciation

    /ˈdo͞o ˈsəmᴛʜəɴɢ wəᴛʜ ˈmərərz/ /ˈduː ˈsʌmθɪŋ wɪð ˈmɪrɜrz/

    Etymology

    () Akin to the idea that mirrors can project images and once considered magic. Magicians use mirrors to make things look like magic, thus "do it with mirrors." Today, the phrase is more of a joking pretension that one can make things happen with magic mirrors.
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