Hanging Dog Head, Selling Lamb Meat
挂羊头卖狗肉 - Hanging Lamb Head, Selling Dog Meat
This chinese idiom is usually used to describe an fraudulent person trying to perform a deceptive act in the name of the good.
Apparently, the same can be done using dogs' head instead of lambs'.
Ewe've been had from ananova.com
"Thousands of rich Japanese women were conned into believing lambs were valuable miniature poodles.
Flocks were imported from the UK and Australia to be sold by an internet company as the latest "must have" pet.
The scam was rumbled when movie star Maiko Kawakami complained on a talk show that her new poodle refused to bark or eat dog food.
She showed photos of the animal and was devastated when told that it was a lamb, reports the Sun."
idiosyncrasy? or just idiocy?
Follow Up
Apparently it might all been a hoax, of a hoax...
Here's a story by AFP
But then again, we all love it when an urban legend goes wild. (Don't we?)
Even Boing Boing got hoaxed on the scam.
Cerebral Soup put forth the whole explanation here.
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