sell one a bill of goods

[sell one a bill of goods] {v. phr.}

To persuade another to acquire something useless; defraud.

* /We were sure sold a bill of goods when Alfred persuaded us to buy his custom-built car for which replacement parts weren't available anywhere./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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