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"etymology_text": "Reportedly from the practice of substituting a butchered cat, etc. for a suckling pig when sold in a sack at a market. Other theories circulate but all involve the purchase of a cat in a bag, where the buyer expected better.",
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"Something whose true value is concealed or unknown and may be lower than expected by the buyer or claimed by the seller, especially something offered for sale."
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],
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"word": "puss in a bag"
},
{
"word": "sell someone a pup"
},
{
"word": "I have a bridge to sell you"
},
{
"word": "let the cat out of the bag"
}
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "derr në thes"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"note": "سَمَك فِي مَاء pl (samak fī māʔ, literally “fish in the water”)",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "瞎買東西"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "瞎买东西 (xiā mǎi dōngxi, literally “to shop blindly”)",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "隔山買牛"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "隔山买牛 (géshān mǎi niú, literally “buy a cow over there in another mountain”)",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zajíc v pytli"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "een kat in de zak kopen"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "siga kotis"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "sika säkissä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "acheter chat en poche"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Katze im Sack"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "γουρούνι στο σακί (gouroúni sto sakí, literally “pig in a sack”)",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "חתול בשק"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "zsákbamacska"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kötturinn í sekknum"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "kucing dalam karung"
},
{
"alt": "しょうどうがい",
"code": "ja",
"english": "impulsive buying",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shōdōgai",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "衝動買い"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"english": "cat in a bag",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kaķis maisā"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "cūka maisā"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "katten i sekken"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kot w worku"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "nabos em saco"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "кот в мешке́ m (kot v mešké, literally “cat in a bag”)",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "dar gato por liebre"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "grisen i säcken"
}
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"word": "puss in a bag"
},
{
"word": "sell someone a pup"
},
{
"word": "I have a bridge to sell you"
},
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"word": "let the cat out of the bag"
}
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"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "derr në thes"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"note": "سَمَك فِي مَاء pl (samak fī māʔ, literally “fish in the water”)",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "瞎買東西"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "瞎买东西 (xiā mǎi dōngxi, literally “to shop blindly”)",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "隔山買牛"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "隔山买牛 (géshān mǎi niú, literally “buy a cow over there in another mountain”)",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zajíc v pytli"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "een kat in de zak kopen"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "siga kotis"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "sika säkissä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "acheter chat en poche"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Katze im Sack"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "γουρούνι στο σακί (gouroúni sto sakí, literally “pig in a sack”)",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "חתול בשק"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "zsákbamacska"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kötturinn í sekknum"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "kucing dalam karung"
},
{
"alt": "しょうどうがい",
"code": "ja",
"english": "impulsive buying",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shōdōgai",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "衝動買い"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"english": "cat in a bag",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kaķis maisā"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "cūka maisā"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "katten i sekken"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kot w worku"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "nabos em saco"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "кот в мешке́ m (kot v mešké, literally “cat in a bag”)",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "dar gato por liebre"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "something whose true value is concealed or unknown",
"word": "grisen i säcken"
}
],
"word": "pig in a poke"
}
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