"We The People" Were Sold A Pig In A Poke @DevinNunes Let the Cat Out Of The Bag

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_in_a_poke

The English colloquialisms such as turn out to be a pig in a poke or buy a pig in a poke mean that something is sold or bought without the buyer knowing its true nature or value, especially when buying without inspecting the item beforehand. The phrase can also be applied to accepting an idea or plan without a full understanding of its basis. Similar expressions exist in other European languages, most of them referring to the purchase of a cat in a bag.

Language	Phrase	Translation
Arabic	يشتري سمك في ماء	to buy fish in water
Bulgarian	да купиш котка в торба	to buy a cat in a bag
Catalan	Donar/Prendre gat per llebre	to give/to take cat instead of hare
Chinese	隔山买老牛	buy a cow over there in another mountain
Croatian	kupiti mačka u vreći	to buy a cat in a sack
Czech	koupit zajíce v pytli	to buy a hare in a sack
Danish	at købe katten i sækken	to buy the cat in the sack
Dutch	een kat in de zak kopen	to buy a cat in the sack
Estonian	ostma põrsast kotis	to buy a piglet in a sack
French	acheter un chat dans un sac acheter chat en poche	to buy a cat in a bag
Finnish	ostaa sika säkissä	to buy a pig in a sack
German	Die Katze im Sack kaufen	to buy the cat in the sack
Greek	αγοράζω γουρούνι στο σακκί	to buy a pig in a sack
Hebrew	חתול בשק	cat in a sack
Hungarian	zsákbamacska	cat in a sack
Icelandic	að kaupa köttinn í sekknum	to buy the cat in the sack
Indonesian	kucing dalam karung	cat in a sack
Italian	comprare a scatola chiusa	to buy in a sealed box
Irish	ceannaigh muc i mála	buying a pig in a bag
Latvian	pirkt kaķi maisā	to buy a cat in a sack
Lithuanian	pirkti katę maiše	to buy a cat in a sack
Luxembourgish	d'Kaz am Sak kafen	to buy the cat in a sack
Macedonian	да купиш мачка во вреќа	to buy the cat in the sack
Maltese	xtara l-ħut fil-baħar	to buy fish in the sea
Norwegian	kjøpe katta i sekken	to buy the cat in the sack
Polish	kupić kota w worku	to buy a cat in a sack
Portuguese	comprar gato por lebre	to buy a cat instead of a hare
Romanian	cumperi mâța în sac	to buy the cat in the bag
Russian	купить кота в мешке	to buy a cat in a sack
Spanish	dar/pasar gato por liebre	to give a cat instead of a hare (as food)
Serbian	купити мачку у џаку	to buy a cat in a sack
Slovak	kúpiť mačku vo vreci	to buy a cat in a sack
Slovene	kupiti mačka v žaklju	to buy a cat in a sack
Swedish	köpa grisen i säcken	to buy the pig in the sack
Vietnamese	mua mèo trong bị	to buy a cat in a bag
Welsh	prynu cath mewn cwd	to buy a cat in a bag
Zulu	ukuthenga ingulube esesakeni	to buy a pig in a sack

This trick may be the origin of the expression "letting the cat out of the bag",^[5] meaning to reveal that which is secret (if the would-be buyer opened the bag, the trick would be revealed).^[4]The