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One day i chatted with one friend. He talked something sounds like 'you pull my leg'? what does that mean and is there any similar idioms or slangs ? (three star question)

2007-07-14 08:26:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

12 answers

Pulling Your Leg means making a joke by tricking another person.
I think another way to say it is "yanking your chain"

When someone makes a joke by lying to you and pretending that the lie is true, they are "pulling your leg". Example: "Look; your shoes are untied... Ha! Just pulling your leg." When you trick a person into believing a lie as a way of making a joke, you are pulling their leg. Example: "Really? That store is closed on Sunday? Are you sure?" Answer: "Don't listen to him; he is just pulling your leg." When you are the person who is being tricked, your leg is being pulled. Example: "I want to ask you a question and I would like an honest answer; no pulling my leg."

2007-07-14 08:32:22 · answer #1 · answered by Alice 3 · 0 0

When you pull a person's leg you are spoofing or making fun of him, usually in a good-humoured way. But that wasn't always the meaning of the expression. When the expression first turned up in Scotland about a hundred years ago, it was lacking the lighthearted touch it has today. In those days 'pull one's leg' meant to make of fool of him, often by outright cheating. The best theory of the origin of the phrase is that by tripping a person - pulling his leg from under him - you can throw him into a state of confusion and make him look very foolish indeed.

2007-07-14 08:48:15 · answer #2 · answered by Michael B 6 · 0 0

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2016-12-14 08:47:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

It usually means that you are trying to make a joke, or 'string-me-along'. It is an old idiom taken from street language, before the four letter words were used.
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2007-07-14 08:33:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It means to joke around with someone. If you say something like "yesterday I flew to the moon" someone else could say "are you pulling my leg?" or "are you trying to tease me?" another sang is "are you pulling my chain"

Hope this helps

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2007-07-14 08:34:53 · answer #5 · answered by anna 2 · 0 0

Pulling my leg = having me on, taking the mick, a joke, poking fun at you, someone having a laugh at your expense. Another expression is `you`re pulling my plonker.`

2007-07-14 08:34:24 · answer #6 · answered by *~STEVIE~* *~B~* 7 · 0 0

another way of saying it is 'to wind someone up'

just really saying something false - a lie but it's usually associated with something so good/bizzarre/etc that they don't believe it so they say 'are you pulling my leg'

e.g.

'I won £25 out the fruit machine!'

'are you pulling my leg !?'

'No, really I did !'

2007-07-14 08:52:12 · answer #7 · answered by Roger 6 · 0 0

Are you pulling my leg, means, are you taking the p*ss?
The same as, are you yanking my chain?, are you having a laugh?

2007-07-14 08:31:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You are joking, making the story up :)

2007-07-14 08:48:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

it means like you're winding me up. you're having a laugh

2007-07-14 08:44:37 · answer #10 · answered by Gnasher 4 · 0 0

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