göz boyamak

(İngilizce)

To misrepresent something to look much better than it actually is in order to trick someone; to put lipstick on a pig.

(IPA) olarak telaffuz edilir
/ˈɟœz.bo.ja.mak/
Etimoloji (İngilizce)

In summary

Compound of göz (“eye”) + boyamak (“to paint”), literally “to paint (someone's) eye”. Cognate with Kazakh көз бойау (köz boiau).

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