Hoodwink

 

J : Anna, you know the fruit seller near the office?

A : Oh, you mean Peat?

J : Yeah. He tried to hoodwink me yesterday.

    I thought the sign for oranges read 3 kilograms for $5.

    But the 1 in front of the 5 was covered. So it was really $15 for 3 kilograms!

A : Wow. He wouldn't try to trick you, would he?

 

In the 1500s, "hoodwink" meant to cover the eyes of someone, like a prisoner, with a hood or blindfold.

Over time, the word came to mean hiding the truth or trying to trick someone.

 

Hoodwink ;

속이다.

 She had been hoodwinked into buying a worthless necklace.