snake oil (suomeksi)

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(lb, en, idiomatic) A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.
A traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.
A type of 19th-century patent medicine sold in the United States that claimed to contain snake fat, supposedly a Native American remedy for various ailment, ailments.
(lb, en, idiomatic) Any product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality.
(lb, en, slang) To dupe or con.