英语词组lead down the garden path是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

lead down the garden pathlead (someone) down the garden path

to deceive someone.

Our country has been led down the garden path by the politicians in office.

Etymology: based on the idea that a path in a garden is very pleasant, so someone who is brought along it can be deceived without noticing it

lead (one) down the garden path

To mislead or deceive one. Don't lead me down the garden path—tell me what is really going on here.

lead someone down the garden path

and lead someone up the garden path

to deceive someone. Now, be honest with me. Don't lead me down the garden path. That cheater really led her up the garden path.

lead down the garden path

Also, lead up the garden path. Deceive someone. For example, Bill had quite different ideas from Tom about their new investment strategy; he was leading him down the garden path . This expression presumably alludes to the garden path as an intentional detour. [Early 1900s] Also see lead on.

garden path, to lead up/down the

To deceive, to trick. This expression, often put simply as “up the garden,” originated early in the twentieth century and tends to suggest a romantic or seductive enticement. Often found in popular novels of the 1930s and 1940s, it is less frequently heard today. See also primrose path.

词组	lead down the garden path
释义	Idiom lead down the garden pathlead (someone) down the garden path to deceive someone. Our country has been led down the garden path by the politicians in office. Etymology: based on the idea that a path in a garden is very pleasant, so someone who is brought along it can be deceived without noticing it lead (one) down the garden path To mislead or deceive one. Don't lead me down the garden path—tell me what is really going on here. lead someone down the garden path and lead someone up the garden path to deceive someone. Now, be honest with me. Don't lead me down the garden path. That cheater really led her up the garden path. lead down the garden path Also, lead up the garden path. Deceive someone. For example, Bill had quite different ideas from Tom about their new investment strategy; he was leading him down the garden path . This expression presumably alludes to the garden path as an intentional detour. [Early 1900s] Also see lead on. garden path, to lead up/down the To deceive, to trick. This expression, often put simply as “up the garden,” originated early in the twentieth century and tends to suggest a romantic or seductive enticement. Often found in popular novels of the 1930s and 1940s, it is less frequently heard today. See also primrose path.
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