paw イディオム

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southpaw

left-handed person, lefty Our baseball team needs another pitcher - preferably a southpaw.

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cat's paw

cat's paw
A dupe or tool for another, a sucker, as in You always try to make a cat's paw of me, but I refuse to do any more of your work. This term alludes to a very old tale about a monkey that persuades a cat to pull chestnuts out of the fire so as to avoid burning its own paws. The story dates from the 16th century and versions of it (some with a dog) exist in many languages.

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pawn

pawn
pawn off
palm off (see phrase under palm)

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pawn off

pawn off
Dispose of by deception, as in They tried to pawn off a rebuilt computer as new. This expression may have originated as a corruption of palm off, although it was also put as pawn upon in the 1700s, when it originated.