illúziókba ringat
Hungarian edit
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Etymology edit
Literally, “to rock (someone) into illusions” (“rocking” in the sense of “moving gently back and forth”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
- (idiomatic, transitive) to deceive, to lead (someone) into a fool’s paradise
- (reflexively, as illúziókba ringatja magát, with definite conjugation) to deceive oneself, to live in a fool’s paradise
- Ha azt gondolod, hogy ezt el tudod érni, akkor csak illúziókba ringatod magad. ― If you think you can achieve this, you are deceiving yourself.