cook the books
/ˌkʊk ðə ˈbʊks/INFORMAL · C1
SA FILIPINO
Walang direktang katumbas
Literal na kahulugan: «lutuin ang mga libro»
Kahulugan
to change financial records dishonestly
Mandaya sa mga talaang pampinansiyal.
Mga halimbawa
- 1The manager cooked the books for years to hide how much money was missing.
- 2Auditors discovered that someone had been cooking the books at the head office.
- 3The company looked profitable only because its finance director had cooked the books.
- 4If you cook the books, the tax office will find out sooner or later.
- 5Was the club cooking the books, or were the missing funds just a mistake?
Grammar
Tanging ang cook ang nagbabago: cooks, cooking, cooked. Nananatiling plural ang the books.
Iba pang idiom tungkol sa katapatan at mga lihim
Lahat ng 20 idiom at ang quiz ng paksa →put your cards on the tablemagtapat tungkol sa iniisip at gustopull the wool over someone’s eyesmanlinlang ng isang tao para hindi niya makita ang totootake something with a pinch of salthindi lubos na maniwala sa sinasabitell it like it ismagsalaysay nang tapat, pati ang hindi kanais-naiseconomical with the truthhindi nagsasabi ng buong katotohanan o hindi tapatspill the beansmagsabi ng impormasyong dapat sanang manatiling lihim
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