Translation guide
To deliberately create confusion or divert attention from something, often by introducing misleading or irrelevant information.
The speaker wants to express the act of deliberately obscuring the truth or distracting others.
A direct and common metaphor meaning 'to lay a smoke screen', used in both literal and figurative contexts.
He threw up a smoke screen to hide his own mistake.
Means 'to divert the conversation', often used when someone changes the subject to avoid a topic.
Literally 'to blindfold' or 'to dazzle', used figuratively for creating a diversion or deception.
Means 'to divert attention', a more direct description of the action.
He quickly throws up a smoke screen by changing the subject when things get awkward.
That announcement was nothing more than a smoke screen.
They leaked new information to throw up a smoke screen and divert attention from the scandal.