The phrase
"oil salesmen" refers to people who sell oil, typically in the context of business or politics. It can sometimes be used to describe someone who is convincing or persuasive but may also be associated with deception or dishonesty.
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What follows is a timeline from point - of - sale to the end result: how to easily recognize the snake
oil salesman when hiring a pay - per - click management firm.
«We have been inclined to believe whatever a snake
oil salesman offers without a proof of evidence,» he said.
First things first: If you come off like a snake -
oil salesman desperate to get his hands on capital, you'll immediately turn investors away.
As I've explained previously, pretty much by definition every successful
snake oil salesman will be charming and charismatic.
As previously announced, James Franco will play a fast - talking
oil salesman who flees a traveling circus in a hot air balloon and winds up in Oz, where three sisters are battling for control.
My scorn is the result of 2 - bit snake -
oil salesmen like you telling others what to do with their bodies and their lives because you think your «god» is the authority of the law.
This outstanding game, effort, and accomplishment does not need to be cheapened by the bluster on display here that comes off as if you were a snake
oil salesman trying to convince the reader that these are indeed magic beans.
In that climate of fear about the future, ALEC's Rich States, Poor States offers an elixir that purports to cure what ails you — like snake
oil salesmen in days of yore.
Yesterday, in Sunday Superlatives, I included a quote from Mark Twain in which he referred to a snake
oil salesman as an «idiot,» but no one left an angry comment warning me of hell based on Jesus» teaching in Matthew 5:22 that «if you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the court; and if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell.»
There are definite signs that snake
oil salesman Gazidis has been affected enough by all the rightful criticism the whole regime has received, to actually start installing changes.
After finding oil at the scene, I bashed a rude, standoffish
oil salesman standing conspicuously nearby with my cool new pyramid axe to get him talking.
Blair the snake
oil salesman on @BBCr4today will do much to boost the strong case for #Brexit surely
One facet of evolution is that there are snake -
oil salesmen ready to take advantage of the gullible masses...
Buuuuuut, maybe we'll get some more juicy gossip about the reported feud centered on Belichick's distrust of Brady's personal snake
oil salesman guru?
He must think his god is keeping track of how any conversions each charlatan, sorry he doesn't like that word, each snake
oil salesman makes.
These snake
oil salesmen need to be shamed into oblivion, certainly off the public stage.
Meanwhile, the Christians could go every Sunday to their temples of intollerance and listen to some snake
oil salesman spout nonsense.
I see a man who'd say such things as this, to be a looney - tooned, snake -
oil salesman politician who WE ALL should see as being as full of «you know what» as a Christmas turkey.
I would bear in mind that a «gentleman» that acts in a way that at one point in time would have been crushing to Caryn and has not learned from that and changed is not safe for abuse survivors to be around and is not a gentleman but a scumbag snake
oil salesman masquerading as a gentleman and deserves to be treated as such in protection of the innocent.
Whatever Camping and other snake
oil salesmen plan to come up with to fleece the flock for a little longer.
But snake
oil salesmen only move their wares if they show you how much you need what they're selling.
Of course, most 19th - century snake
oil salesmen did not, in fact, sell this particular product.
By arming ourselves with knowledge, we will never fall victim to another snake
oil salesman again.
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nake oil salesman training guru.
That's why it's so enjoyable to see him play Steve Butler, a snake -
oil salesman peddling the wonders of natural - gas drilling (commonly known as «fracking») to a floundering small - town community in desperate need of an economic infusion.
The bastards fooled me just like a snake
oil salesman fooled the infirmed (notice the snake similarity?).
Their problem was and is their guru - to - the - stars dad Stafford (John Cusack), a snake -
oil salesman if ever there were one, and their avaricious mom Christina (Olivia Williams).
We totally buy the charming snake
oil salesman elements of Flo's character, and even when the movie turns sappy at the end, he lends the piece a sense of dignity.
Not only is it a lot easier to get noticed as part of a group, but you feel less like a snake
oil salesman promoting someone else's work than constantly bigging up your own.
I feel so bad for the man, because this could have been easily prevented, but there are some snake
oil salesmen out there who will publish anything as long as you pay them the bucks.