do a snow job on someone

do a snow job on someone
do a snow job on someone
Sl. to deceive or confuse someone. (As if to blind someone with snow.) •

Don't try to do a snow job on me. I know all the tricks.

She thought she did a snow job on the teacher, but it backfired.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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