I am the old man. I know hocus-pocus.

我是个老人，我懂这些花招。

The card is some hocus-pocus–a blind, as like as not.

这张纸不过是一种欺骗的戏法罢了，故弄玄虚。

So much of what politicians say is just hocus-pocus.

政客们说的很多话都是骗人的鬼话。

Does that mean self hypnosis is a load of hocus pocus?

这是否意味着自我催眠是一种胡说呢？

It is just as likely that he was a charlatan peddling hocus-pocus.

他过去恰恰很可能是个挨家挨户行骗的江湖医生。

Annie Hall, Hocus Pocus, Beetlejuice You want your beer? Yeah. Thank you.

《安妮·霍尔》，《女巫也疯狂》，《甲壳虫汁》，你要喝啤酒吗？是的。谢谢你。

I snapped. I'm too exhausted for any hocus-pocus right now, Gloria! I want my daughter home!

我发疯的说：“我现在拒绝任何善意的欺骗，我只想让我的女儿回来！”

I snapped. I'm too exhausted for any hocus-pocus right now, Gloria! I want my daughter home!

我发疯的说：“我现在拒绝任何善意的欺骗，我只想让我的女儿回来！”

But besides the carnival and hocus-pocus, this book also considers deeper questions about life and fate.

在表面的喧嚣狂欢和把戏之下，这本书也探讨了深层次的生与死的问题。

He had great respect for education, but he believed it was some kind of hocus-pocus that enabled a man to live without work.

他对文化教育怀有很大的敬意，不过他认为这只不过是使人不劳动能混饭吃的一种花招。