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разг.(lead smb. up the garden (path))1) увлекать, завлекать кого-л‘What has'e [= has he] done then?’ - went on Leffie, inexorably - ‘led you up the garden path and then... left you?’ (N. Coward, ‘Collected Short Stories’, ‘Ashes of Roses’) — - что же сделал этот молодой человек? - сурово продолжала допрашивать Леффи. - Увлек тебя, а затем... бросил?
2) вводить кого-л. в заблуждение; ≈ водить кого-л. за нос‘Now look here,’ said Mr. Crawley... ‘you've been trying to lead me up the garden. You told me you weren't a doctor.’ (M. Dickens, ‘Thursday Afternoons’, ch. V) — - Послушайте, - сказал мистер Кроули... - Вы, по-моему, водите меня за нос. Вы ведь сказали мне, что вы не врач.
You've led me up the garden path good and proper... (S. Chaplin, ‘The Day of the Sardine’, ch. X) — Купил ты меня в лучшем виде, вот что...
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вводить в заблуждение, сбивать с толку, мистифицироватьyou're leading me up the garden path – ты вводишь меня в заблуждение
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вводить в заблуждение, сбивать с толку, мистифицироватьyou're leading me up the garden path – ты вводишь меня в заблуждение
English-Russian australian expression > lead up the garden path
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1) Общая лексика: водить (кого-л.) за нос, обманывать (кого-л.)2) Австралийский сленг: вводить в заблуждение, мистифицировать, сбивать с толкуУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > lead up the garden path
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(to deceive.) føre bag lyset* * *(to deceive.) føre bag lyset -
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(to deceive.) desencaminhar -
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(to deceive.) kandırmak, aldatmak -
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(to deceive.) hämätä -
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(to deceive.) rigirare -
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(to deceive.) irreführen -
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(to deceive.) lura, vilseleda
См. также в других словарях:
lead someone up the garden path — If someone leads you up the garden path, they deceive you, or give you false information that causes you to waste your time. Lead someone down the garden path is also used … The small dictionary of idiomes
lead someone down the garden path — lead (someone) down the garden path to deceive someone. Our country has been led down the garden path by the politicians in office. Etymology: based on the idea that a path in a garden is very pleasant, so someone who is brought along it can be… … New idioms dictionary
lead someone up the garden path — lead (someone) up the garden path British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal to deceive someone. We were led up the garden path about the cost of the building work it turned out really expensive … New idioms dictionary
lead someone up the garden path — (informal) DECEIVE, mislead, delude, hoodwink, dupe, trick, entrap, beguile, take in, fool, pull the wool over someone s eyes, gull; informal con, pull a fast one on, string along, take for a ride, put one over on. → garden * * * lead someone up… … Useful english dictionary
lead someone up the garden path — If someone leads you up the garden path, they deceive you, or give you false information that causes you to waste your time. Lead someone down the garden path is also used. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Lead someone up the garden path — If someone leads you up the garden path, they deceive you, or give you false information that causes you to waste your time. Lead someone down the garden path is also used … Dictionary of English idioms
lead one down the garden path — also lead one up the garden path phrasal hoodwink, deceive … New Collegiate Dictionary
lead one up the garden path — phrasal see lead one down the garden path … New Collegiate Dictionary
lead somebody up the garden path — lead sb up/down the garden ˈpath idiom to make sb believe sth which is not true Main entry: ↑leadidiom … Useful english dictionary
lead somebody down the garden path — lead sb up/down the garden ˈpath idiom to make sb believe sth which is not true Main entry: ↑leadidiom … Useful english dictionary
lead one up the garden path — phrasal also lead one up the garden Britain : to pull the wool over one s eyes : deceive, mislead so you led us up the garden path … you cooked up a beautiful story William Sansom … Useful english dictionary