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1 play the fool
• hassutella• hupsutella• hullutella• pelehtiä* * *(to act in a foolish manner, especially with the intention of amusing other people: He always played the fool when the teacher left the classroom.) pelleillä -
2 fool
• tollo• tomppeli• ilkkua• höhlä• hölmö• idiootti• ilveillä• ilveilijä• jujuttaa• jymäyttää• tyhmyri• typerys• hassutella• hullu s.• hupakko• huijata• huiputtaa• hullu• houkka• hullutella• houkkio• hupsu• hupsutella• vetää huulesta• eksyttää• valehdella• puijata• puhua palturia• puhua pötyä• kiisseli• kaistapää• narrata• narri• peijata• pettää• petkuttaa• ääliö• älykääpiö• laskea luikuria• pitää narrinaan* * *fu:l 1. noun(a person without sense or intelligence: He is such a fool he never knows what to do.) typerys2. verb1) (to deceive: She completely fooled me with her story.) vetää nenästä2) ((often with about or around) to act like a fool or playfully: Stop fooling about!) pelleillä•- foolish- foolishly
- foolishness
- foolhardy
- foolhardiness
- foolproof
- make a fool of
- make a fool of oneself
- play the fool
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play the fool — If someone plays the fool, they behave in a silly way to make people laugh. ( Act the fool is and alternative form.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
play the fool — CLOWN ABOUT/AROUND, fool about/around, mess about/around, lark about/around, monkey about/around, joke; informal horse about/around, act the goat; Brit. informal muck about/around. → play * * * play/act/the fool … Useful english dictionary
play the fool — by the time she was ten, Ronnie knew it was her God given job to play the fool Syn: clown around, fool around, mess around, monkey around, joke; informal horse around … Thesaurus of popular words
play the fool — pretend you are a fool, act simple or foolish If you play the fool, people will often tell you secrets … English idioms
play the fool — to behave in a silly way, often to make people laugh. Teenagers will often play the fool in class when they don t know the answers … New idioms dictionary
play the fool — If someone plays the fool, they behave in a silly way to make people laugh. ( Act the fool is and alternative form.) (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
play the fool — to behave in a silly way, often in order to make people laugh. Come on guys, stop acting the fool and pay attention … New idioms dictionary
To play the fool — Fool Fool, n. [OE. fol, n. & adj., F. fol, fou, foolish, mad; a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. {Folly}, {Follicle}.] 1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
play the fool — Cut capers, cut didoes, act the buffoon, act like a fool, make a fool of one s self, play tricks or pranks … New dictionary of synonyms
play the fool — act like a fool … English contemporary dictionary
To Play the Fool — infobox Book | name = To Play the Fool title orig = translator = image caption = To Play the Fool cover author = Laurie R. King illustrator = cover artist = Honi Werner country = United States language = English series = Kate Martinelli series… … Wikipedia
