die Katze im Sack kaufen - Idiomatically

German

Pronunciation

die Katze im Sack kaufen

Literal Translation

to buy the cat in the bag

Equivalent idioms in other languages

This is how you express this idiom across languages and locales.

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Chinese
隔山買牛
buy a cow over there in another mountain
Czech
zajíc v pytli
hare in a bag
Dutch
een kat in de zak kopen
to buy a cat in a bag
English
Pig in a poke
Greek
γουρούνι στο σακί
pig in a sack
Hungarian
zsákbamacska
cat in a sack
Icelandic
kaupa köttinn í sekknum
buy the cat in the sack
Portuguese
nabos em saco
bagged turnips
Russian
кот в мешке
cat in a bag
Spanish
dar gato por liebre
give cat for hare