pull someone's leg
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该短语源自苏格兰,原意为“捉弄某人”,尤其是通过欺骗的方式。一理论认为其来自通过猛拽某人的腿来使其摔倒而捉弄他/她的说法。[1]
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pull someone's leg (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 pulls someone's leg, 現在分詞 pulling someone's leg, 一般過去時及過去分詞 pulled someone's leg)
- (俗語) 捉弄某人,开某人的玩笑,戏耍某人
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 111:
- I hadn't pulled Mrs. Barstow's leg for any of that stuff, she had just handed it to me on a platter, and that wasn't my fault.
- 1979, Life of Brian[1], 角色 Mr. Cheeky(Eric Idle):
- No, I'm just pulling your leg, it's crucifixion really.
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- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 111:
- (俗語,棄用) 从某人骗钱(通过借钱或敲竹杠等方式)(19世纪末)
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- 1893, John Kendrick Bangs, Coffee and Repartee[2]:
- The verb 'to-pull-his-leg' means to extract from his pocket all the lucre it will yield.
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- 1895, Reports of Decisions in Probate[3]:
- "I would 'pull his leg,' but Laura will not work with me." The expression "pulling his leg," Miss Sullivan explained as meaning to coax or wheedle his wealth out of him.
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- ↑ 'pull one's leg', Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins, 2nd edition, 1988