"yank your chain" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 開玩笑 (非正式)
• 捉弄 (非正式)

Definition

用開玩笑或捉弄的方式戲弄某人，讓對方相信不是真的事情。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非常口語、非正式，只適用於朋友間開玩笑時。常說 'I'm just yanking your chain.' 不適合正式場合。類似 '開玩笑' 或 '耍你'。

Examples

I was just yanking your chain. Don't be upset!

我只是**跟你開玩笑**，別生氣！

Are you yanking my chain, or is this real?

你是在**跟我開玩笑**，還是真的？

He likes to yank your chain about everything.

他什麼都喜歡**跟你開玩笑**。

Relax, I'm just yanking your chain about the surprise party.

放輕鬆，我只是**跟你開玩笑**，關於驚喜派對的事。

You can't believe anything she says—she's always yanking people's chains.

她說的話你都不能信——她總是**跟別人開玩笑**。

At first I thought he was serious, but he was just yanking my chain.

一開始我以為他是認真的，結果他只是在**跟我開玩笑**。