Potemkin village | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Anyfalseconstructdevised todisguiseashortcomingorimproveappearances.1949April 3, Harry Schwartz, “Soviet Capital Likened to a Potemkin Village”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN, page E4:Such concentration not only simplifies the task of keeping tabs on foreigners' movements, but it also enables the Government to influence the outside world's picture of Russia by arranging matters in Moscow to make it a sort of huge, latter-dayPotemkin Village.2005December 11, Frank Rich, “It Takes a Potemkin Village”, inThe New York Times‎[2],→ISSN:When a government substitutes propaganda for governing, thePotemkin villageis all. Since we don't get honest information from this White House, we must instead, as the Soviets once did, decode our rulers' fictions to discern what's really happening.2007August 14,Cory Doctorow, “Don't fall for the Potemkin scam”, inThe Guardian‎[3]:When Soviet bureaucrats wanted to impress foreign visitors with the success of the grand experiment, they would visitPotemkin villages—fake towns where actors pretended to be living a life of luxury amid bulging granaries and well-paved streets bustling with happybabushkaspushing prams.

Examples:

EN: It's a... it's a Potemkin village.
ES: Es un... pueblo de Potemkin.
EN: But it turns out that this is an elaborate Potemkin village.
HI: यह एक पोटेमकिन गांव जैसा दिखता है।
EN: Sounds like a Potemkin village... don't drink the water.
HI: चिम्पैंज़ी का टैलेंट देख कर, आप पानी-पानी न हो जाएं.
EN: It's already being described as a Potemkin village.
HI: यह एक पोटेमकिन गांव जैसा दिखता है।
EN: It is similar to the concept of a Potemkin village.
HI: यह एक पोटेमकिन गांव जैसा दिखता है।
EN: It's like a Potemkin village.
HI: यह एक पोटेमकिन गांव जैसा दिखता है।
EN: It's a‒ It's a Potemkin village.
ID: Ini adalah Desa Potemkin.
EN: This was a Potemkin village of a DTC account.
ID: Ini rekening DTC palsu.
EN: Right? It's a Potemkin village.
ID: Kau memalsukan data laporan.
EN: "palestine" is a political Potemkin village.
TE: హోం " Others " పవన్కల్యాణ్ రాజకీయ అజ్ఞాని. .
TE: గ్రామ సచివాలయాలపై 'పంచాయితీ'. . బులుగు రాజకీయమిది.
TE: 'ప్రచారక్' అంటే, 'కాషాయ రాజకీయాల్లో' పీజీ చేసినట్లే.
EN: Or some new and existing Potemkin village can be build for a couple of millions.
TE: వారు మీరు క్రింది డేటాను చదవడానికి ఊహించే, చిన్న ఉన్నాయిః బంగారం ఒక గ్రామ 22 మిలియన్ podkovok ఉత్పత్తి చేయవచ్చు.

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