no 300 taels of silver buried here. -- a clumsy denial resulting in self-exposure; a guilty person gives himself away by conspicuously protesting his innocence.; a very poor lie which reveals the truth; protest one's innocence too much (指打出的幌子正好暴露了所要掩饰的内容)
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But it was made subtly clear that were the bank to slam on the brakes , then it would feel the wrath of the ruling liberal democratic party 内阁房的"澄清"让人感觉此地无银三百两,维持息率不变是否真是央行独立做出的决定尚不清楚,但自民党反对加息的立场昭然若见。