Meaning of if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull | Babel Free

Definitions

When one doesn't have all the facts or have a brilliant explanation, one can often convince people or win an argument by using nonsense.

slang, vulgar

Examples

“I said, "What do you do, Bill?" He says "Well, if I can't dazzle them with my brilliance I baffle them with my bull," and doggone if he doesn't.”

“The maxim that "if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull" won't serve. An artful proposal may sometimes win a grant for a less than brilliant project, but a rare exception doesn't make a rule.”

“This is where the opposing attorney would love to hammer you in a lie in an effort to offset or divert attention to their less than honest descriptions of whatever the issue you are at the time discussing. If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull !”

“If so, there's no better recipe than that of W.C. Fields, who asserted: 'If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull."”

“As Skip had always heard “If you can't dazzle them with brilliance baffle them with bull” is a pretty effective way out of a tight spot.”

“If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull. The phrase her mentor liked to quote had actually been a bit more descriptive than that, but it was the philosophy that was important.”

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