FIG LEAF


Meaning of FIG LEAF in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But there is more fig leaf than fact in this rationalization.

But this fig leaf fooled no one.

In other words it is Picasso without a fig leaf .

The fig leaf , however, helped little.

Within a few days of its unveiling Achilles was modestly kitted out with a fig leaf .

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