garden path

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garden paths
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lead down a garden path
To mislead; to seduce
lead someone down the garden path
To deceive, hoodwink

'It was thought that the early origins of the idiom was founded on the tendency for one village to marry off their unsuccessful brides to unknowing bachelors. The superstition of the groom not being able to see his veiled bride until the marriage proclamation had been made was widely practiced. To that end the bride remained veiled throughout the ceremony. When the veil was lifted, the groom would learn that he had been married to a stranger. Many ceremonies took place in private gardens and as such the tendency to deceive with intent had evolved to the idiom of leading someone down the garden path.'.

lead up the garden path
To mislead or deceive
lead a person up the garden path
lead astray, mislead, deceive
garden path

    Hyphenation

    gar·den path

    Turkish pronunciation

    gärdın päth

    Pronunciation

    /ˈgärdən ˈpaᴛʜ/ /ˈɡɑːrdən ˈpæθ/

    Etymology

    [ 'gär-d&n ] (noun.) 13th century. From the idiom "to be led down a garden path"
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