lead someone up the garden path

成語所屬單字garden

lead someone up the garden path — 慣用語

1. to make someone believe something that is not true, usually by giving them wrong

1.慣用語
釋義

誤導某人;欺騙某人

to make someone believe something that is not true, usually by giving them wrong information on purpose

例句

The car dealer led Jude up the garden path by hiding the accident history.

Imran felt embarrassed when he realized the email had led him up the garden path.