under false colors
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She is, to be strictly honest, traveling under false colors; G.I.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Well, then, my dear," said Miss Rogers, with harsh abruptness, "I am afraid I am living in this house under false colors."
From Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife by Libbey, Laura Jean
I do not mean that I felt like that long," Ethan said, hurriedly, realizing that he was sailing under false colors, "or that I think now as I suppose you do.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth
"Did Rose approve of your sailing under false colors, Jack?"
From Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
I don’t wish to tell Miss Archer, yet it’s not fair to either of us that you should masquerade under false colors.
From Marjorie Dean, High School Junior by Lester, Pauline
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