Smoke and Mirrors :



Small Fry :

Small and insignificant Person

If someone is small fry, they are unimportant. The term is often used when the police arrest the less important criminals, but are unable to catch the leaders and masterminds.



Small-Time :

If a person or a thing is called small-time it means they are inconsequential, not worth much.

Don’t play in the big leagues as in a small-time operator.



Smart Alec :

A smart Alec is a conceited person who likes to show off how clever and knowledgeable they are.



Smart As Whip :

A person who is smart as whip is very clever.

I can rely on Ram. He is smart as a whip.



Smarty Pants :

A smarty pants is someone who displays that intelligence in an annoying way.



Smell A Rat :

If you smell a rat, you know instinctively that something is wrong or that someone is lying to you.

When the servant took leave without informing me I could smell a rat.



Smoke and Mirrors :

An attempt to conceal something is smoke and mirrors.



Smoke Like A Chimney :

Someone who smokes very heavily smokes like a chimney.



Smoke The Peace Pipe :

If people smoke the peace pipe, they stop arguing and fighting.



Smokestack Industry :

Heavy industries like iron and steel production, especially if they produce a lot of pollution, are smoke stake industries.



Smoking Gun :

A smoking gun is definitive proof of someone’s guilt.



Smooth A Baby’s Bottom :

If something is smooth as a baby’s bottom, it has a regular, flat surface.



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