водить за нос

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɐˈdʲid͡zʲ ˈza nos]

Verb

води́ть за́ нос • (vodítʹ zá nos) impf

  1. (idiomatic, figurative) to lead by the nose
    Synonym: дура́чить (duráčitʹ)
    • 1869, Иван Гончаров [Ivan Goncharov], “Часть II. Глава VI”, in Обрыв, Санкт-Петербург: Вестник Европы; English translation from Stephen Pearl, transl., Malinovka Heights, Alma Classics, 2020:
      Она́ всех води́ла за́ нос и про любо́вь одного́ расска́зывала друго́му и смея́лась над пе́рвым, пото́м с пе́рвым над вторы́м.
      Oná vsex vodíla zá nos i pro ljubóvʹ odnovó rasskázyvala drugómu i smejálasʹ nad pérvym, potóm s pérvym nad vtorým.
      She led them all by the nose, and if one expressed his love she would tell another about it and make fun of the first one, and then she would go back to the first one and make fun of the second.

Conjugation

Conjugation of водить за нос: see води́ть
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