Today we have, "to pull the wool over one's eyes" - what does it mean and where does it come from?
Well the meaning implies fooling, tricking, or hoodwinking...
The origin, as always, is rather more complex, as the assumption is that the wool being referred to is a woolen wig, fashionable for men and women in the 16th and 17th centuries, but less popular in 1839, the year the phrase is first found on paper.
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