to be a sting
- Fuente de la expresión
- Collins English Dictionary. 11th ed. Harper Collins Publications. London, 2011.
- Estructura completa
- to be someone a sting
- Variantes
- To be a swindle or a fraud.
- Contexto
- Dymally, reached en route to Trinidad, said he knew he had been targeted. Everyone in Compton knew Macardican was an undercover FBI operative, he said, “and I once told him he was a sting.”
- Fuente del contexto
- Los Angeles Times
- Tipo de fuente
- -- Tipo de fuente --
- Autor
- Rosenzweig, David
- Título de la fuente
- Dymally Sought Bribe, Informant Says : Court: Allegations, denied by former congressman, are made in Tucker trial. Businessman who proposed waste conversion plant also accuses two former Compton council members.
- Año
- 1995
- Web
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-12-me-56104-story.html
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Raro