harapkan pegar, pegar makan padi
التعريفات والمعاني
== Malay ==
=== Alternative forms ===
harapkan pagar, pagar makan padi (misspelling)
=== Etymology ===
Literally, “expecting a pheasant, the pheasant eats the rice.”
=== Verb ===
harapkan pegar, pegar makan padi (Jawi spelling هارڤکن ڤݢر، ڤݢر ماکن ڤادي)
(idiomatic) to hope for a person to do something, only for said person to sell down the river the one who hoped for them.