blind with science

Meaning: (idiomatic)Tooverwhelmsomeone with details in order toinfluenceormisleadthem.1955, Arthur C. Clarke,Earthlight, page 8:He had no doubt that they would all have highly convincing stories, and would try toblind him with scienceif he attempted to pin them down.1957, Herbert Morrison,Vitality in Administration, page51:If you give him the full printed accounts of his company, he will react by saying that you areblinding him with science, and will pick on figures with many noughts after them and ask where all that money has gone.1970January 20, James Allason, “Ascertainment of Gross Value of Dwelling-House”, inparliamentary debates(House of Commons), volume794, column443:My Hon. Friend the Member for the City of Chester has explained what could happen if he comes up against a really hot surveyor whoblinds him with scienceand produces all sorts of cases of which the valuation officer has not heard.1972, Brian Glanville,The Financiers, page128:He'dblinded him with science. He'd tied him up with references and precedents. He'd cited Rabbi This from Cracow and Rabbi That from Vilna, till apparently the Great Developer looked like nothing so much as a bull quilled with banotilleros.2014, Rosie Harris,A Dream of Love, page150:Betting was how most of the money Bill earned from helping Fred ended up back in Fred's pocket and not in his. Fredblinded him with scienceand it always turned out to be to Fred's advantage, Bill thought ruefully.

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