harapkan pegar, pegar makan padi

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “expecting a pheasant, the pheasant eats the rice.”

Verb

harapkan pegar, pegar makan padi (Jawi spelling هارڤکن ڤݢر، ڤݢر ماکن ڤادي)

  1. (idiomatic) to hope for a person to do something, only for said person to sell down the river the one who hoped for them.
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