All 8 Uses of
red herring
in
And Then There Were None
- Four little Indian boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.†
p. 31..7
- She recited in a meaning voice: "Four little Indian boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three."†
p. 225..3
- She went on: "A red herring-that's the vital clue."†
p. 225..4
- His disappearance is just a red herring across the track.
p. 225..6 *red herring = a diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
- Actually mentioning a red herring in the verse.†
p. 226..2
- He was still quite unsuspicious-and yet he ought to have been warned— If he had only remembered the words of the nursery rhyme, "A red herring swallowed one .†
p. 271..6
- He took the red herring all right.†
p. 271..6
- Armstrong's death is associated with a "red herring" which he swallowed-or rather which resulted in swallowing him!†
p. 274..4
Definition:
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(red herring as in: distracted with a red herring) a diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue