Interactions - Jokes & Pranks

Explore English idioms regarding jokes and pranks with examples like "pull a trick" and "play the fool".

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to give somebody bunny ears

to make one's fingers V-shaped and put them behind a person's head as a way of joking, particularly when taking a photograph

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$Definition & Meaning of \"to [give] {sb} bunny ears\"$

to give somebody a melvin

to grab and pull a person's underwear or pants to make it get stuck between their buttocks, often as a prank

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$Definition & Meaning of \"to [give] {sb} a melvin\"$

with one's tongue in one's cheek

used to suggest that something was meant as a joke and is not to be taken seriously

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$Definition & Meaning of \"with {one's} tongue in {one's} cheek\"$

to play the fool

to behave in a silly way, particularly to amuse or entertain others

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$Definition & Meaning of \"to [play|act] the (fool|goat)\"$

to yank one's chain

to joke with someone in a friendly manner by trying to make them believe something that is not true

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$Definition & Meaning of \"to [yank|pull] {one's} chain\"$

to pull one's leg

to joke with someone in a friendly manner by trying to make them believe something that is not true

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$Definition & Meaning of \"to [pull] {one's} leg\"$

let there be light

said humorously when a light is switched on, referring a Bible story about how God lighted the earth for the first time

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$Definition & Meaning of \"let there be light\"$