einen Bären aufbinden
German
Etymology
Literally: “to tie a bear on (someone’s back)”. The word Bär (“bear”) is very probably an—ignorant or rather humorous—malapropism for a word meaning “burden” (compare Bürde, Bahre). This use is thought to be of German Low German origin.
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