snake oil in English

noun
1
a substance with no real medicinal value sold as a remedy for all diseases.
Ever since, unwary Americans have spent untold billions on contemporary versions of snake oil , some of which, like ephedra, have turned out to have few if any benefits and to pose real dangers.
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Below are sample sentences containing the word "snake oil" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "snake oil", or refer to the context using the word "snake oil" in the English Dictionary.

1. You're a snake-oil salesman.

2. Adware – snake oil of modern applications

3. You know, snake oil, crooked shell games, pick a few pockets...

4. We've been sold a bushel of lies, a barrel of snake oil.

5. Don’t get caught up in the format wars and Audiophile snake oil

6. Shasta, you don't have a bottle of that snake oil, do you?

7. She got suckered by every snake oil salesman that crossed her path.

8. Areographically Is singing good for goose hunting! Ugh why does snake oil and olive oil

9. Since then, “Anecdotal evidence” has become the mantra of the mainstream media, who, in their eagerness to portray Trump as a snake oil salesman …