cat's-paw

Английский Язык - Турецкий язык

Определение cat's-paw в Английский Язык Турецкий язык словарь

bir çeşit düğüm

alet edilen kimse

maşa

kedi patisi

Связанные Термины

use sb as a cat's paw

birini maşa olarak kullanmak

cat's paw

maşa

cat's paw

alet edilen kimse

Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение cat's-paw в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

A knot of a certain kind resembling a lark’s-foot hitch; see cat's paw for more detailed information

A pawn or dupe; somebody who has been unwittingly tricked into acting in another's interest

It could be said – there are plenty who say it – that his rejection of the left has made him a cat's paw of the right, but it is a pretty strange right-wing cat's paw who favours the idea of unrestricted illegal immigration into Spain.

A breeze that ruffles patches of a water surface

a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked

{i} person who is used by another to do an unpleasant task; twist in a loop of rope; light wind

Alternative form of cat's-paw

cats·paw someone who is used by someone else to achieve something bad

Этимология

() Meaning 1: From a fable, perhaps of Aesop's, in which a crafty monkey begs a cat to pull hot chestnuts from a fire. The cat singes his paw, and the monkey gobbles up the chestnuts leaving none for the cat. Meaning 2: Probably due to resemblance in terms of shape.