jiggery-pokery
noun /ˌdʒɪɡəri ˈpəʊkəri/
/ˌdʒɪɡəri ˈpəʊkəri/
[uncountable] (informal, especially British English)- dishonest behaviour
欺骗行为;骗局;捣鬼 - He began to suspect that some jiggery-pokery had been going on.
他开始怀疑有人在耍诡计。
词源late 19th cent.: probably a variant of Scots joukery-pawkery, from jouk ‘dodge, skulk’, of unknown origin. - He began to suspect that some jiggery-pokery had been going on.