| 单词 | to take for a sleigh ride |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (someone) for a sleigh ride 3. U.S. slang. An implausible or false story; a hoax, a deliberate deception. Frequently in to take (someone) for a sleigh ride, to mislead (someone). Cf. ride n.2 Phrases 5 (a). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [phrase] to blear the eyesc1325 to play mock-holiday with?1558 on a lock1598 to put the change upon (also on) (a person)1658 to play false1680 to draw (pull, spread) the wool over (a person's) eyes1839 to lead (a person) up the garden (path)1923 to pull a fastie1931 to take (someone) for a sleigh ride1931 to pull a swiftie1945 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > false tale bam1728 bronze1817 canard1843 bluff1846 sleigh-ride1931 blag1962 1931 G. Irwin Amer. Tramp & Underworld Slang 172 An absolutely impossible or unlikely idea or action, or..the cheating or fleecing of a victim... ‘We gave him a sleigh ride’—we cheated him by a false story or by sharp practice. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §202/2 Incredible story, sleigh ride. 1950 Sun (Baltimore) 13 Mar. 1/1 House Republicans, charging that the taxpayers are being taken for a ‘bureaucratic sleighride’. 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 486/2 Sleighride, an instance of being cheated, believing a lie, or being taken advantage of. Almost always in the expression ‘taken for a sleighride’. < as lemmas |
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