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How the Phrase Red Herring Came to Mean Something That is Misleading (2017x126)
Air date: May 22, 2017
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Meaning a distraction or false trail, the expression “red herring” has been relatively commonly used for the last two centuries, and its origins do, in fact, begin with a rust-colored fish. However, until quite recently, the accepted origins of red herring were themselves a false trail.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Then_There_Were_None
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=red+herring
http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/herring.htm
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/red-herring.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring#History_of_the_idiom
http://www.culinarylore.com/food-history:origin-of-red-herring-expression
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30239/where-does-the-phrase-red-herring-come-from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cobbett
http://www.oed.com/
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https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-155775143/stock-photo-set-of-smoked-fish-in-a-tin-pan-smoked-mackerel
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