do something with mirrors

do something with mirrors
a) To insinuate one has performed a magic or optical trick with the use of hidden mirrors, insinuating trickery and sham.
b) To jokingly pretend that one did something using magic mirrors, that one is a magician; a joking explanation of the fantastic or the unexplained.

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