Lóvá tesz valakit

Meaning: To dupe or make a fool of someone.

Language: Hungarian

Literally: To make a horse of someone

Category: Animals

Origin: Hungarian slang in which turning a person into a 'horse' means tricking them into doing your bidding.

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• A face din țânțar armăsar — To exaggerate something enormously.
• A tăcea ca porcul în păpușoi — To keep guiltily quiet.
• Pireyi deve yapmak — To blow something tiny out of all proportion.
• الجمل ما يشوف عوجة رقبته — People are blind to their own faults.
• आ बैल मुझे मार — To deliberately invite trouble upon yourself.
• گربه را دم حجله کشتن — To assert authority firmly from the very start.

More Hungarian idioms

• Nem enged a negyvennyolcból — To stubbornly refuse to compromise.
• Felkopik az álla — To go hungry and be left with nothing.
• Lóg az eső lába — It looks like it's about to rain.
• Nem fenékig tejföl — It's not all rosy; things aren't as good as they seem.
• Egyik kutya, másik eb — Two things are exactly the same; six of one, half a dozen of the other.
• Bagoly mondja verébnek, hogy nagyfejű — The pot calling the kettle black.

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