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kaupa köttinn í sekknum

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Literally, “to buy the cat in the sack”.

Verb

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kaupa köttinn í sekknum (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative keypti köttinn í sekknum, supine keypt köttinn í sekknum)

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) to be sold a pig in a poke
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