to bamboozle/string along one's students, with comic bodily imagery
gutenberg-faust-lead-by-nose
Source: Goethe, Faust
- German
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Meine Schüler an der Nase herum—
- Japanese (candidate)
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教え子を煙に巻いてきた――
- French (candidate)
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j’ai mené mes élèves par le bout du nez —