fazer gato-sapato
Portuguese
Etymology
From the action of the player in the gato-sapato game.
Verb
fazer gato-sapato
- (idiomatic, transitive with de) to humiliate, to play or to treat someone with despise
- Synonym: fazer de gato e sapato
- Rui Frias (2019-04-09), “Os Fab Three de Liverpool: o arco Firmino e as flechas Salah e Mané”, in Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese): “Naquela altura, o letal trio ofensivo do Liverpool fez gato-sapato da melhor equipa portuguesa […] [At that time, Liverpool's lethal attacking trio humiliated the best Portuguese team […] ]”