sell someone a pup

sell (one) a pup

To sell or pass off something to one that ultimately proves to be worth nothing or less than promised. I'm sorry, but that's definitely not an authentic Louis Vuitton bag. They sold you a pup, my friend. He told us he has years of experience in this field when we hired him, but he acts like this is his first time handling accounts like this. I'm starting to think he sold us a pup.

sell someone a pup

swindle someone, especially by selling them something that is worthless. British informal

This phrase originated in the early 20th century; the idea behind it is presumably that of dishonestly selling someone a young and inexperienced dog when an older, trained animal had been expected.

1930 W. Somerset Maugham Cakes and Ale The public has been sold a pup too often to take unnecessary chances.

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释义	sell someone a pup sell (one) a pup To sell or pass off something to one that ultimately proves to be worth nothing or less than promised. I'm sorry, but that's definitely not an authentic Louis Vuitton bag. They sold you a pup, my friend. He told us he has years of experience in this field when we hired him, but he acts like this is his first time handling accounts like this. I'm starting to think he sold us a pup. See also: pup, sell Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. sell someone a pup swindle someone, especially by selling them something that is worthless. British informal This phrase originated in the early 20th century; the idea behind it is presumably that of dishonestly selling someone a young and inexperienced dog when an older, trained animal had been expected. 1930 W. Somerset Maugham Cakes and Ale The public has been sold a pup too often to take unnecessary chances. See also: pup, sell, someone Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: sell (one) a pup buy a pup pup be sold a pup under seal the real McCoy real McCoy real McCoy, the let (someone or oneself) in for let in for
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