sell someone a pup

短语

词形变化

sells someone a pup 三单 selling someone a pup 现在分词 sold someone a pup 过去式 sold someone a pup 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To sell something of little worth, pretending that it is something else of greater value.

    英国

词源

From an old swindle, where one would be sold a bag purportedly containing a piglet, but actually containing a puppy. Compare pig in a poke.

来源：wiktionary