pull your leg

Nghĩa

to joke with someone by telling them something untrue

Trêu ai đó bằng một chuyện không có thật.

Ví dụ

1. 1Tom said he’d been offered a part in a film, but I think he was pulling my leg.
2. 2Don’t worry, I’m only pulling your leg — the exam isn’t until next week.
3. 3You’ve won a free holiday to Spain? Are you pulling my leg?
4. 4On the first of April, Mia pulled Dad’s leg by saying school had closed for a month.
5. 5I almost believed Ben’s story about a snake in the office, until he laughed and admitted he was pulling my leg.

Ngữ pháp

Động từ pull thay đổi dạng: pulled, pulling; dạng tiếp diễn rất thường gặp. Từ your đổi để chỉ người bị trêu: my, his, Dad’s.