se mettre le doigt dans l'œil

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sə mɛ.tʁə lə dwa dɑ̃ l‿œj/ ~ /sə me.tʁə lə dwa dɑ̃ l‿œj/

Verb

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se mettre le doigt dans l’œil

  1. (figuratively) to be much mistaken, to bark up the wrong tree, to delude oneself, to need one's head examined, to have another think coming
    Synonym: se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil
    Si tu crois que je vais t’aider à faire un truc pareil, tu te mets le doigt dans l’œil.If you think I'm going to help you with that sort of thing, you're mistaken.

Conjugation

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See also

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