be made a cat's paw Idioma

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southpaw

left-handed person, lefty Our baseball team needs another pitcher - preferably a southpaw.

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cat's paw

cat's paw
A dupe or tool for another, a sucker, as in You always try to make a cat's paw of me, but I refuse to do any more of your work. This term alludes to a very old tale about a monkey that persuades a cat to pull chestnuts out of the fire so as to avoid burning its own paws. The story dates from the 16th century and versions of it (some with a dog) exist in many languages.

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pawn

pawn
pawn off
palm off (see phrase under palm)

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pawn off

pawn off
Dispose of by deception, as in They tried to pawn off a rebuilt computer as new. This expression may have originated as a corruption of palm off, although it was also put as pawn upon in the 1700s, when it originated.

be fabricated a cat's-paw

To be acclimated by addition abroad to accomplish some end, abnormally in a adroit or contemptuous manner. Taken from a allegory about a monkey who tricks a cat into application his a paw to retrieve chestnuts from a fire. The byword can additionally be spelled after a hyphen. I anticipation that Jake absolutely admired me, but in the end, I had aloof been fabricated a cat's-paw so he could activity up annoyance in his ex-boyfriend. Most bodies doubtable the ambassador is actuality fabricated a cat's-paw of the governor.Learn more: made

cat's paw, (be made) a

A dupe, a accoutrement who does addition person’s bedraggled work. The appellation comes from an age-old account about a monkey who capital to get some broiled chestnuts out of the blaze and, not absent to bake his own fingers, got his acquaintance the cat to use his paws for this purpose. There are abundant versions of the adventure in assorted languages; generally it is a dog that is fabricated the dupe, but in English it is the cat’s paw that has ashore over the years. Additionally see pull the chestnuts.

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