Phony as a three-dollar bill

"Phony as a three-dollar bill" in a Sentence (3 examples)

Though the film has some handsome, carefully staged action sequences, its machismo seems as phony as a three‐dollar bill.

But this chart, originally created by the office of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, is as phony as a three-dollar bill. Our friends at PolitiFact did a pretty thorough takedown of it in May, giving it their worst rating: “pants on fire.”

"You know, Mr. Sunshine, your laid-back, look-at-the-bright-side, the-glass-is-half-full malarkey is starting to come across as very condescending, especially since I know that your life-is-just-a-bowl-of-cherries spiel is as phony as a three-dollar bill."

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