Difference between revisions of "Dar gato por liebre"
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|Cuando te dan gato por liebre, te han engañado: te han dado una cosa de menor valor haciéndote creer que era algo mejor. | |Cuando te dan gato por liebre, te han engañado: te han dado una cosa de menor valor haciéndote creer que era algo mejor. | ||
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==In English== | ==In English== | ||
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| style="color:darkgreen"|Literal Translation: | | style="color:darkgreen"|Literal Translation: | ||
| | |Give a cat instead a hare | ||
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|style="color:darkgreen" |Real meaning: | |style="color:darkgreen" |Real meaning: | ||
| | |a deliberate deception by giving an article with less quality than the one that had been agreed upon at the beginning | ||
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|style="color:darkgreen" |Related idioms: | |style="color:darkgreen" |Related idioms: | ||
| | |To pull the wool over somebody. To take somebody for a ride. | ||
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|[[:Category:Galician|Galician]] | |[[:Category:Galician|Galician]] | ||
| | |Dar gato por lebre <!--literal translation to this language--> | ||
| | |Cando che dan un gato por lebre, enganáronte <!--To express the same to this language--> | ||
| | |Dar gato por lebre <!--Related idioms in this language. Use [[ ]] surrounding the idiom--> | ||
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|[[:Category:Romanian|Romanian]] | |[[:Category:Romanian|Romanian]] | ||
| | |A schimba pisica cu un iepure. <!--literal translation to this language--> | ||
| | |A duce cu preșul. <!--To express the same to this language--> | ||
|... <!--Related idioms in this language. Use [[ ]] surrounding the idiom--> | |... <!--Related idioms in this language. Use [[ ]] surrounding the idiom--> | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:42, 10 May 2022
| Language | Spanish |
| Topics | Animals |
| Explicación e uso (in mother tongue) | Cuando te dan gato por liebre, te han engañado: te han dado una cosa de menor valor haciéndote creer que era algo mejor. |
In English
| Literal Translation: | Give a cat instead a hare |
| Real meaning: | a deliberate deception by giving an article with less quality than the one that had been agreed upon at the beginning |
| Related idioms: | To pull the wool over somebody. To take somebody for a ride. |
In other languages
| Language | Literal translation | To express the same | Related Idioms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basque | ... | ... | ... |
| Catalan | ... | ... | ... |
| Galician | Dar gato por lebre | Cando che dan un gato por lebre, enganáronte | Dar gato por lebre |
| Romanian | A schimba pisica cu un iepure. | A duce cu preșul. | ... |
| Turkish | ... | ... | ... |
