All 3 Uses of
red herring
in
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
- Either that or it was a Red Herring, which is a clue which makes you come to a wrong conclusion or something which looks like a clue but isn't.
Chpt 59red herring = a diversion intended to distract attention from the truth
- I like The Hound of the Baskervilles because it is a detective story, which means that there are clues and Red Herrings.
Chpt 107 *red herrings = diversions intended to distract attention from the truth
- And these are some of the Red Herrings Sherlock Holmes and Watson are followed when they are in London by a man in a coach with a black beard.
Chpt 107red herrings = diversion intended to distract attention from the truth
Definition:
a diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue