red herring

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A herring that is cured in smoke and brine strong enough to turn the flesh red; a type of kipper.

   “Up in the morning, and had some red herrings to our breakfast, while my boot-heel was a-mending, by the same token the boy left the hole as big as it was before.”

2. isim A clue, information, argument, etc. that is or is intended to be misleading, diverting attention from the real answer or issue.

   “Caroline visibly wavered for a second or two, much as a roulette ball might coyly hover between two numbers. Then she declined the tempting red herring.”

3. isim A red herring prospectus.
4. isim A soldier.

   ““Devil a bit, Ma’am,” said the Major. “We couldn’t afford it. Unless the world was peopled with J.B.’s—tough and blunt old Joes, Ma’am, plain red herrings with hard roes, Sir—we couldn’t afford it. It wouldn’t do.””