parlor trick

Examples (10)

• He entertained the guests with a simple parlor trick involving a disappearing coin.
• Card counting is often dismissed as a clever parlor trick rather than a real skill.
• The politician's latest promise was described by critics as a cheap parlor trick.
• She showed the children a parlour trick that made a pencil appear to bend.
• Solving the Rubik's Cube in under a minute has become his signature parlor trick.
• The magician's levitation was revealed to be nothing more than an old parlour trick.
• I don't need these parlor tricks; I'm looking for a serious solution to the problem.
• Performing a parlor trick is an excellent way to break the ice at a dinner party.
• The medium was eventually caught using parlour tricks to simulate ghostly activity.
• Let me teach you a quick parlor trick that you can perform with any deck of cards.