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.
Equivalents in other languages
- Russian: Водить за нос (Vodit' za nos) — literally: To lead by the nose
- Polish: Robić kogoś w konia — literally: To make someone into a horse
More idioms — Animals
- 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 (Al-jamal mā yshūf 'awjat raqabatuh) — People are blind to their own faults.
- आ बैल मुझे मार (Ā bail mujhe mār) — To deliberately invite trouble upon yourself.
- گربه را دم حجله کشتن (gorbe rā dam-e hejle koshtan) — 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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