sail under false colors
скрыть своё настоящее имя, "плыть под чужим флагом"
Hudson had the wisdom to sail under false colors in that foolish jaunt of his.
Другие идиомы:
- carte blanche
- chase rainbows
- dyed-in-the-wool
- lend color to (something)
- local color
- look at/see the world through rose-colored glasses
- off-color
- see the color of (someone's) money
- show one's true colors
- with flying colors
- as black as a skillet
- as black as a stack of black cats
- as black as a sweep
- as black as coal
- as black as night