common bullfinch
→
fool
3 realizations
GROUP: Germanic
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 33312) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | dompap | |
| meaning 1 | common bullfinch | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool | |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 33313) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme | dompap | |
| meaning 1 | common bullfinch | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool | |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | ||
The bird's name is often metaphorically applied to a gullible person because the bullfinch used to be easily caught by imitating the soft vocal call or by using a decoy that had already been captured.