sail under false colors

Meaning: (idiomatic,nautical,obsolete)Todeceiveorintentionallymystify.1869,Annie Thomas, “Miss Vargrave Nearly Lands a Fish”, inFalse Colours.[…], volume II, London:Tinsley Brothers,[…],→OCLC,page251:They were all not exactlysailing under false colours, but deceiving themselves as to their motives—and one another, to a lesser degree, by their actions.

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