idiom: le dindon de la farce

1. Être Le Dindon
De La Farce
Expression française

2. Signification de l'expression
It means that someone has been tricked, is a victim of a prank (unknowingly/unwillingly).
The 'trickers' benefit from the event at the expense of the victim.
Mots dérivés;
- Une farce : stuffing or prank
- Un farceur / une farceuse : prankster / joker

3. Origine :
-This expression comes from drama theater plays dating
back to Antiquity, but the phrase first appeared in the 1790s.
-Allegedly, it comes from the play "Turkey Ballet", which
was presented at fairs in Paris between 1739-1844.

4. LE DINDON
-Georges
Feydeau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnltQa8hW
Rk

5. Exemples en
contexte:
''l'Autriche (..) a été le dindon de la farce ; elle
n'y est pas habituée et elle prend sa revanche.''
-Léon Tolstoï, La Guerre et la Paix, Hachette,
1901, tome 1, page 174