About halfway through the book it looked as though the butler was the murderer, but that turned out to be a red herring.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
Red Herring (magazine) — Red Herring is a weekly magazine focused on the business of funding, building, and taking new technologies to market. It also sponsors a number of conferences designed to bring venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and technologists together. It is … Wikipedia
Red Herring Artists — Red Herring is an artist s collective based in Brighton England. Founded as a non profit making company in 1984 the group was set up to provide affordable Studio space for artists with the common stated aim of increasing public awareness of the… … Wikipedia
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Red herring — may refer to: * Red herring (narrative), a technique used in literature to mislead the audience * Kipper, a fish having been dried, smoked, and salted * Red Herring (magazine), a magazine focused on the new technology businesses * The Red Herring … Wikipedia
red herring — red her·ring /ˌred her iŋ/ n [red herring something that distracts attention from the main issue, diversion]: a preliminary prospectus (as for the sale of securities) that is not yet approved by the appropriate body (as the Securities and… … Law dictionary
red herring — n. 1) A smoked herring having a reddish color. 2) Something that draws attention away from the matter being discussed or dealt with. ╂ [Sense 2, probably from the use of smoked herrings to lay scent trails for hounds to follow.] Word History: A… … Word Histories
Red Herring Surf — ( original Tassie surfwear ) is a brand of surfwear in Tasmania, Australia. It is strongly involved in local youth culture, sponsoring a local band and taking part in surf events. Tasmanian surfer Bill Thwaites founded the company in 1971,… … Wikipedia
Red herring — Red Red, a. [Compar. {Redder} ( d?r); superl. {Reddest}.] [OE. red, reed, AS. re[ a]d, re[ o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries. r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw. r[ o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r[ a]uds, W. rhudd,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Red Herring — bezeichnet: Red Herring (Redewendung), eine englische idiomatische Redewendung (dt. „Roter Hering“) Red Herring (Wirtschaft), einen vorläufigen Wertpapier Emissionsprospekt Red Herring (Magazin), ein internationales Business Magazin Marxistisch… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Red Herring Surf — Zentrale In Tasmanien ist Red Herring Surf ( original Tassie surfwear ) der führende Anbieter von Surfausrüstung. 1971 gegründet, ist das Hobarter Unternehmen aktiv in der lokalen Surf und Jugendkultur. Der derzeitige australische… … Deutsch Wikipedia
red herring — smoked herring early 15c. (they turn red when cured), as opposed to white herring fresh herring. Supposedly used by fugitives to put bloodhounds off their scent (1680s), hence metaphoric sense (1864) of something used to divert attention from the … Etymology dictionary
