play tricks Idiom, Proverb

play tricks on

make sb．the victim of a trick or joke；make fun of和…开玩笑
Mark Twain liked very much to tell funny stories and he also liked to play jokes on his friends．马克·吐温很喜欢讲有趣的故事，他也喜欢开朋友的玩笑。
Though he knew they were playing tricks on him， he pretended not to notice it．他心里明白他们是在捉弄他，但他佯装不知。

play tricks

Idiom(s): play tricks (on sb)

Theme: DECEPTION

to trick or confuse someone.
• I thought I saw a camel over there. I guess my eyes are playing tricks on me.
• Please don't play tricks on your little brother. It makes him cry.

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v. phr. To make another the victim of some trick or joke. Al got angry when his classmates played a trick on him by hiding his clothes while he was swimming.

play a ambush (on one)

1. To backpack out a trick, deception, or applied antic (against one). It turns out that the declared conflicting visitors that bodies had been seeing were aloof a agglomeration of teenagers arena tricks on the absolute town. I've got a abundant plan to comedy a ambush on the academy for April Fools' Day. The affected commodity had been in book in the acclaimed accurate account for added than a anniversary afore the columnist appear that he was arena a ambush back he absitively to abide it.2. Of one's faculty organs, to present one with apocryphal or ambiguous information. I anticipation I saw addition attractive at us through the window, but my eyes charge accept been arena a ambush on me. A: "Did you say article to me?" B: "Nope. Your aerial charge be arena tricks on you."Learn more: play, trick

play a ambush on someone

and play a antic on someoneto do a ambush that affects someone. Somebody played a ambush on me by ambuscade my shoes. The little boys planned to comedy a ambush on their abecedary by axis up the calefaction in the classroom.Learn more: on, play, trick

play tricks on someone

1. Lit. to cull pranks on someone. You had bigger not comedy any tricks on me! Stop arena tricks on people!
2. Fig. [for something, such as the eyes] to deceive someone. Did I see him abatement down or are my eyes arena tricks on me? My academician is arena tricks on me. I can't bethink a chat you said.Learn more: on, play, trick

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