membeli kucing dalam karung

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of membeli (“to buy”) +‎ kucing (“cat”) +‎ dalam (“in”) +‎ karung (“sack”), likely borrowed from Dutch een kat in de zak kopen (“to buy a lemon, to buy a pig in a poke”, literally “to buy a cat in a bag”).

Phrase

membeli kucing dalam karung

  1. to buy a lemon, to buy a pig in a poke
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