āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
red herring
/ÉšËÉd hËÉÉšÉĒÅ/
Red herring
01
āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°, āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§
anything that is intended to take people's focus away from what is important
Idiom
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The long discussion about office dÊcor was just a red herring, avoiding the important topic of employee morale.
āĻ
āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻ¸āĻĄāĻŧāĻž
a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus
03
āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ, āĻ§ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ
a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
