TODAY'S IDIOM: PULLING YOUR LEG

"PULLING YOUR LEG"

Tricking someone as a joke / Kidding

Example: Don't believe him, he's just pulling your leg.

Tomando el pelo / Bromeando.

Example sentences:

• Is he really angry with me or do you think he's just pulling my leg? / Está realmente enojado conmigo o tu crees que solo está tomandome el pelo?

• In the middle of July the little boy ran to his mom and said that it was snowing. When his mom looked outside he told her that he was just pulling her leg / A mediados de Julio el pequeño niño corrió hacia su madre y le dijo que estaba nevando. Cuando su mamá vio hacia afuera él le dijo que solo estaba bromeando.

Additional examples:

• Really? That store is closed on Sunday? Are you sure? Don't listen to him; he is just pulling your leg.

• Look; your shoes are untied... Ha! Just pulling your leg.

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