play a joke/trick on sb
to confuse someone or cause problem for them:
I thought I heard something - my ears must have been playing tricks on me.
Fate played a cruel trick on him when he was injured in his first game.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
- a chicken and egg situation idiom
- addle
- all of a doodah idiom
- all over the place idiom
- at sea idiom
- brainstorm
- disorientate
- disoriented
- distraction
- dither
- dizziness
- ferment
- flutter
- mystique
- not know what hit you idiom
- not know where/which way to turn idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- not know whether you are coming or going idiom
- turbulence
- whirl
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