red herring
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red herring(
rehd
heh
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rihng
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (idiom) (general)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
a. la pista falsa (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I thought that character was the murderer, but it turns out his suspicious behavior was a red herring.Pensé que ese personaje era el asesino, pero resulta que su conducta sospechosa era una pista falsa.
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