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1 Translation result for red herring in Spanish

red herring

(figurado) maniobra distractiva, pista falsa

•The footprints discovered by the detective were a red herring; it turned out that they had nothing to do with the murder.
•The argument is a red herring. It actually has nothing to do with the issue.
•The plot of the mystery was full of red herrings.
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