| 单词 | to pull a person's chain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pull (also yank, jerk) a person's chain colloquial (chiefly North American). to pull (also yank, jerk) a person's chain: to tease or trick a person, usually by telling a lie; to antagonize or annoy a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex > tease tease1627 rag1749 lugger1782 gammon1801 tig1805 fun1811 run1828 ride1891 rawhide1895 to bust (a person's) chops1953 stir1972 to pull a person's chain1975 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > trick, hoax [verb (transitive)] jape1362 bejape1377 play1562 jugglea1592 dally1595 trick1595 bore1602 jadea1616 to fool off1631 top1663 whiska1669 hocus1675 to put a sham upon1677 sham1677 fun?1685 to put upon ——1687 rig1732 humbug1750 hum1751 to run a rig1764 hocus-pocus1774 cram1794 hoax1796 kid1811 string1819 to play off1821 skylark1823 frisk1825 stuff1844 lark1848 kiddy1851 soap1857 to play it (on)1864 spoof1889 to slip (something) over (on)1912 cod1941 to pull a person's chain1975 game1996 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > play tricks [phrase] to do or make a blenk or blencha1250 to play (a person) a pageant1530 to give one the geck1568 to play a paw1568 to draw through the water with a cat1631 come1714 to run one's rig upon1793 to come (the) paddy over1809 to work a traverse1840 to go on, have, take a lark1884 to pull a fast one1912 to take for a ride1925 to pull a person's pissera1935 to pull a person's chain1975 1975 Washington Post 15 Nov. b4/4 If he told you his elephant story anywhere but his own home, you might think, as he puts it, that he was ‘pulling your chain’. 1986 K. Friedman Greenwich Killing Time (1987) xxxvi.150 Looks like somebody out there's sure trying to jerk our chain, doesn't it? 1996 S. Eichler Murder can stunt your Growth ix. 66 Did he really have any, I wondered, or was he just pulling my chain? 2000 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 10 Dec. 32/3 What really yanks his chain is that the bad guys killed his loyal sidekick,..a Neapolitan mastiff. < as lemmas |
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