lead up the garden path

lead somebody up the garden path

(British, American & Australian informal) also lead somebody down the garden path (American informal)

to deceive someone We were led up the garden path about the cost of the building work - it turned out really expensive.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Josefina	ho-se-FEE-nah (Spanish), zhoo-zə-FEE-nə (Portuguese), yoo-se-FEE-nah (Swedish)	Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish
Kwame	-	Western African, Akan
Meginhard	-	Ancient Germanic
LÝDia	-	Slovak, Faroese
Leolin	-	Welsh
Non	-	Welsh