naar iemands pijpen dansen
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Tanım
•to dance to someone's tune
Diğer Dillerde
Almancanach jemandes Pfeife tanzen
Farsçaبه ساز کسی رقصیدن
dance to someone's tune
Japoncaほいほい従う, 誰かの言いなりになる
İsveççedansa efter någons pipa
to dance to someone's tune (conform to someone's wishes, demands, views, or the like)
çekim: geçmiş dansade efter någons pipa
köken: From dansa (“dance”) + efter (“after (in accordance with, along with)”) + någons (“someone's”) + pipa (“pipe”). Compare German nach jemandes Pfeife tanzen.
Fincetanssia jonkun pillin mukaan
dance to someone's tune
köken: Probably from Aesop's story about a fisherman. Compare Swedish dansa efter någons pipa and Russian плясать под чужую дудку (pljasatʹ pod čužuju dudku). Compare also Dutch naar iemands pijpen dansen.
Norveççedanse etter noens pipe
Etimoloji
Literally, “to dance to someone's piping” (in the sense of "playing a pipe instrument"), much like English dance to someone's tune, which means the same. Compare German nach jemandes Pfeife tanzen.