garde Idiom

down the garden path

(See lead you down the garden path)

lead you down the garden path

tell you a false story, give you a line He said the trip to Paris was free. He led me down the garden path.

common or garden

ordinary, plain

lead sb down the garden path

Idiom(s): lead sb down the garden path

Theme: DECEPTION

to deceive someone.
• Now, be honest with me. Don't lead me down the garden path.
• That cheater really led her down the garden path.

Everything in the garden is rosy.

Everything is satisfactory.

Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.

Nothing is achieved without effort.

Gardening leave

(UK) If someone is paid for a period when they are not working, either after they have given in their notice or when they are being investigated, they are on gardening leave.

Lead someone up the garden path

If someone leads you up the garden path, they deceive you, or give you false information that causes you to waste your time. 'Lead someone down the garden path' is also used.

garden apartment|apartment|garden

n. An apartment with a garden near it. The couple live in a garden apartment.

garden

garden
In addition to the idiom beginning with garden, also see lead down the garden path.

garden variety

garden variety
Ordinary, common, as in I don't want anything special in a VCR—the garden variety will do. This term alludes to a common plant as opposed to a specially bred hybrid. [Colloquial; 1920]

lead down the garden path

lead down the garden path
Also, lead up the garden path. Deceive someone. For example, Bill had quite different ideas from Tom about their new investment strategy; he was leading him down the garden path. This expression presumably alludes to the garden path as an intentional detour. [Early 1900s] Also see lead on.

lead up the garden path

lead up the garden path
see lead down the garden path.