Sir Alex Ferguson has publicly cooled all interest in Sneijder but it wouldn’t be the first time the Reds boss has attempted to throw everyone off the scent.

而弗格森爵士却也向外界冷却有关斯内德的消息，表示不再引进荷兰人，不过这绝对不是第一次曼联主帅想要把大众的目光从焦点上引开。

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Maybe I could throw the cops off the scent by telling them I saw the guy who committed the crime.

也许我可以告诉警方我看到了罪犯，以此来把他们甩掉。

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The Eagles brass even leaked information that they were not involved to throw the media off the scent.

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One US newspaper described it as embracing "everything from country-tinged ditties to Black Sabbath-style fuzzbuckets with the Paul McCartney songbook tossed in to throw the dogs off the scent".

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More sophisticated traders actually buy puts or calls that lose money to throw regulators off the scent.

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