pull someone's leg

Related to word: leg

Idiom

Definition

  1. To playfully deceive someone into believing something untrue as a joke.

    (指開玩笑時)戲弄、愚弄(某人)。

    • Come on, you're just pulling my leg, right?

      拜託,你只是在跟我開玩笑吧?

    • I thought he was really going to quit his job, but he was just pulling my leg.

      我以為他真的會辭職,但他只是在跟我開玩笑。

    • You say you won the lottery? You're pulling my leg, you must be joking.

      你說你中了彩票?你一定是在跟我開玩笑。