fazer gato-sapato

Literally, “to make cat-shoe”. From the action of the player in the gato-sapato game.

fazer gato-sapato (first-person singular present faço gato-sapato, first-person singular preterite fiz gato-sapato, past participle feito gato-sapato)

1. (idiomatic, transitive with de) to humiliate, to play or to treat someone with despise

   Synonym: fazer de gato e sapato

   • Rui Frias (9 April 2019) “Os Fab Three de Liverpool: o arco Firmino e as flechas Salah e Mané”, in Diário de Notícias‎^[1] (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 […] ”