English Dictionary

pull someone's leg

動詞

慣用表現 廃用

(idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.

日本語の意味

冗談交じりに相手をからかったり、騙したりすること / 相手を茶化してからかう、または誤解させる行為 / 冗談として嘘をつき、相手を軽く騙すこと

She loves to pull someone's leg at family gatherings.

彼女は家族の集まりで人をからかうのが大好きだ。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.

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.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, obsolete) To extract money from someone (by taking out a loan or by swindling).

I'm very glad to hear of his good fortune; but it's a deuced strange thing, for I saw him at the club last night and he never said a word of it. I'll pull his leg when I see him.

pulls someone's leg （ present singular third-person ）

pulling someone's leg （ participle present ）

pulled someone's leg （ participle past ）

pulled someone's leg （ past ）