1 The spokesperson said the information campaign was a fig leaf to hide the most regressive tax in history.

2 This deal is little more than a fig leaf for the continued destruction of the landscape.

3 But this fig leaf fooled no one.

4 The fig leaf, however, helped little.

5 But there is more fig leaf than fact in this rationalization.

6 In other words it is Picasso without a fig leaf.

7 The winner will also receive a "Golden Fig Leaf" trophy plus 10,000 pounds ($18,630) in cash.

8 Bernanke offered a fig leaf to both sides, supporting lower taxes on the one hand while maintaining that short-term budget reductions should not be too radical.

9 Their new constitution was a fig leaf to conceal their betrayal of the masses.

10 Within a few days of its unveiling Achilles was modestly kitted out with a fig leaf.

11 But many in Kadima say they won't join a government to fig leaf for Mr. Netanyahu.

12 In previous years, I have handed out numerous awards for euphemisms,[] but the winner of this year's Golden Fig Leaf is rather special.

13 He walked ahead while the snails followed, pulling the fig leaf with the frog upon it.

14 Old Wang revealed the truth, and took off Xiaoli's last fig leaf.