Their means of diverting attention is the oldest trick in the book—create a diversion, search out a scapegoat and put the blame on someone else.
He tried the oldest trick in the book: pretending that there is such a thing as a free lunch.
It is the oldest trick in the book.
It is this divide-and-rule, the oldest trick in the book, which you and your fellow colleagues have fallen for.
She succeeded, mainly by employing the oldest trick in the book.
That is the oldest trick in the book for keeping out the people whose knowledge should be available.
The oldest trick in the book when you have problems at home is to divert people's attention by looking for an enemy abroad.
