double bluff

noun

1. 虚实并用的诈骗（以实相告而期望对方以为有诈）
   a way of trying to trick sb by telling them the truth while hoping that they think you are lying

1. N-VAR 虚实并用的诈骗术，以真做假唬人(以实情相告而期望对方以为有诈)
   A double bluff is an attempt to deceive someone by telling them exactly what you intend to do when you know that they will assume you are lying.
   1. They suspected this was a double bluff on the part of Cairo Intelligence.
      他们怀疑这是开罗情报人员玩的空城计。
   2. ...a continual round of bluff and double bluff.
      一连串的虚张声势和以真做假的诈骗

1. They suspected this was a double bluff on the part of Cairo Intelligence.
   他们怀疑这是开罗情报人员玩的空城计。
2. Perhaps, he thought, it was a kind of double bluff.
   他心想也许这是一招以真作假呢。