Tomber dans le panneau
Meaning: To fall for a trick or scam.
Language: French
Literally: To fall into the panel
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Here panneau is an old hunting term for the net spread to snare game; the prey that blunders in is fooled and caught.
Equivalents in other languages
- English: have the wool pulled over your eyes — literally: to have wool pulled over your eyes
More idioms — Daily Life
- Faire la grasse matinée — To sleep in and have a lazy lie-in.
- To have a chip on your shoulder — To harbor a grudge or a defensive sense of grievance.
- Da kannst du Gift drauf nehmen — You can bet your life on it; it's absolutely certain.
- Den Nagel auf den Kopf treffen — To be exactly right.
- Ponerse las pilas — To get your act together and start working hard.
- Бить баклуши (Bit' baklushi) — To loaf about doing nothing.
More French idioms
- Avoir un cœur d'artichaut — To fall in love easily and often.
- Avoir le bras long — To have influence and useful connections.
- Découvrir le pot aux roses — To uncover a hidden secret.
- Être dans de beaux draps — To be in a real mess.
- Se faire rouler dans la farine — To be conned or deceived.
- Tirer le diable par la queue — To struggle to make ends meet.
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