| 单词 | to buy a pup |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto buy a pup b. to sell (a person) a pup: to swindle a person, esp. by selling something of little worth on its supposed prospective value. Frequently in passive. Also to buy a pup: to be swindled. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > defraud or swindle [verb (intransitive)] to pull a finchc1386 to bore a person's nose?1577 to wipe a person's nose1577 verse1591 lurch1593 to grope a gull1594 cheat1647 to lick (another's) fingers1656 to live upon the shark1694 sharp1709 fineer1765 to pluck a pigeon1769 swindle1769 to run a game1894 to sell (a person) a pup1901 scam1963 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > cheat, swindle [phrase] to pull a finchc1386 to wipe a person's nosea1475 to take (a person) at advantage(s)1523 to play fast and loose1557 to play false1576 to joint a person's nose of?1577 to make a cousin of1580 to sell smoke1589 munge1660 to sell (a person) a packet1886 to beat the count1897 to sell (a person) a pup1901 to hand (someone) a lemon1906 to sell (someone) a bill of goods1927 1901 Daily Chron. 4 May 5/2 There is a poetical phrase in our language, ‘to sell a man a pup’. 1902 R. Kipling in Collier's Weekly 6 Dec. 8/3 I wouldn't have sold old Van Zyl a pup like that..I must hunt him up and explain. 1923 Westm. Gaz. 21 Feb. We had not merely ‘bought a pup’, he said, but a whole litter that suffered from distemper. 1968 Scottish Daily Mail 9 Aug. 5/6 The Basset is the aircraft the RAF did not want in the first place. They were sold a pup, in more ways than one. 1978 SLR Camera Aug. 36/1 Letters have arrived on my desk from petrified owners..wanting to know more, terrified that they had bought a pup. 1990 Independent on Sunday 11 Feb. (Review Suppl.) 53/4 People don't even want to go into them, because they're afraid they'll be sold a pup. < as lemmas |
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