"a wash or lotion for the eyes," 1866, from eye (n.) + wash (n.). Colloquial use for "blarney, humbug" (1884), chiefly British, perhaps is from the notion of "something intended to obscure or conceal facts or true motives." But this, and expression my eye also may be the verbal equivalent of the wink that indicates one doesn't believe what has been said (compare French mon oeil in same sense, accompanied by a knowing pointing of a finger to the eye).
双语例句
1. We still encounter case of pilfering, eyewash and bureaucratism.
我们还会发现小偷小摸 、 吹牛拍马以及官僚主义的种种现象.
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2. He pretends to be busy, but it's all eyewash.
他假装很忙, 其实纯属欺骗.
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3. When you keep skinned, you'll find it to be a counterfeit eyewash.
你要是留意, 就会发现这是一种伪造的眼药水.
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4. Don't listen to that eyewash aBout his success in Japan.
不要听他胡吹在日本如何成功.
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5. Type FP valves installed on emergency shower and eyewash station.
