Boris Johnson said last month that the prime minister's net migration target was one of "two big deceptions" on migration, the other being the decision of Tony Blair's government to open up Britain's borders 15 years ago.
Hubris, mostly Efraim's, leads them to step up in class, to pursue a bigger deal that requires an even bigger deception, one that's exacerbated by Efraim's egotism and dishonesty.
Four of Tom Brady's Biggest Deception Indicators.
It made what was intended as a small feint into a big serial deception — he enlisted one of his nephews, unwisely, to impersonate this other author — and the cost of the deception, flowing out over so many people, was the beginning of his decline.
As Benchmark Capital general partner Mitch Lasky tweeted earlier this week, "The biggest self-deception in game investing today is ascribing strategic value to hit games based on potential cross-marketing leverage".
Kate Atkinson's new novel is a marvel, a great big confidence trick – but one that invites the reader to take part in the deception.
As Brantley Foster, a Kansas farm boy who goes to New York determined to make it big, he makes major deception (taking a new name, claiming an empty office and demanding executive perks while working in the mailroom) look innocent and perfectly justified.
Who has the audacity to attempt a deception that big, that bold, that obvious?
This particular scene is centered on Arya Stark (Maisie Williams), whose big, curious eyes, and deception while watching the king's arrival make her more compelling in this scene than Bran Stark.
