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Spatial Prepositions and Metaphor: A Cognitive Semantic ...
(Lakoff 1987: 447) The class of imageable idioms includes expressions like kick
the bucket, spill the beans, pull someone's leg, stick one's neck out, etc. We shall
also come across several imageable idioms (have someone under one's thumb,
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The Oxford Guide to Practical Lexicography
canonical forms are of course to hold one's tongue and to pull someone's leg.14
When you are entering the canonical form of an idiom with a possessive
remember the rule of thumb: to hold one's (own) tongue, and to pull someone (
else)'s leg ...
B. T. Sue Atkins, Michael Rundell, 2008
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Exploring Idioms: A Critical-Thinking Resource for Grades 4-8
Pull. Someone's. Leg. Definition: To trick, kid, or make fun of someone in a
lighthearted manner. Background: To pull someone's leg has shadier origins
than its definition today. In the late 1800s, it meant to make a fool of someone
often by ...
Valeri R. Helterbran, 2008
pull someone's leg leg H* pull someone's leg You're pulling my leg. II Look
Closely! pull someone's fiffW l don't believe you. l think you're just pulling my leg.
He must have been pulling your leg. How could that happen? Just Do It! Fill in the
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
Pull the other one. pull out all the stops: see STOP. pull someone's pisser = pull
someone's leg. vulgar slang pull the plug prevent something from happening or
continuing; put a stop to something. informal o This phrase alludes to an older ...
... pull one's weight pull out pull over pull punches pull rank pull someone's chain
pull someone's leg pull something off pull strings pull the plug (on) pull the rug (
out) from under someone's (feet) pull the wool over someone's eyes pull through
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What Did You Say? What Do You Mean?: An Illustrated Guide to ...
do. you. mean? I. To pull someone's leg means to tell them something that isn't
true, as a joke. People sometimes call this sort of a joke a leg-pull. 2. If someone
has their leg pulled, it can also mean that they are being teased about something.
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อังกฤษอัพเกรด Idioms ฝรั่งเลือกใช้ คนไทย Update
Pull someone's leg ลอเลนโดยการเลาหรอบอกเรองไมจรง เรองตกใจโดยทําเปน เรองตลก
บางคนเลนขงเชอกเพอใหเพอนสะดดลมเปนการลอเลน Tease someone by saying
something shocking as a joke If you pull someone's leg you are deliberately
trying to ...
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A Survey of Modern English
Many expressions have two meanings, a literal and an idiomatic one (e.g. kick
the bucket, go to the country, pull someone's leg). In such cases only the context
will decide which meaning is intended. In other cases, when a literal reading
does ...
Stephan Gramley, Kurt-Michael Pätzold, 2004
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Optimality-theoretic Syntax
The position of the verb in pull someone's leg, for example, is a consequence of
the VO character of English. Similarly, the linear realization of beefeater follows
the right-hand head rule of English morphology. This suggests that, as long as an
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Géraldine Legendre Jane Barbara Grimshaw Sten Vikner
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Lend them your ears: Sunil and Rohan Gavaskar on air
Asked about doing commentary with son, Sunil said: “For a change, I could actually pull someone's legs and get away with it. Generally, when I am doing it at the ... «Daily News & Analysis, Sty 14»
Know your English -- What is the meaning of 'pussyfoot'?
What is the origin of the idiom 'to pull someone's leg'? ... for several hundred years, and it is mostly used nowadays to mean to tease or play a joke on someone. «The Hindu, Sie 13»
With new box set, pianist Leon Fleisher celebrates the sounds of a …
Fleisher, whose dry wit is as well-known as his brilliant pianism, broke into a little grin. He is the first to pull someone's leg or poke fun at himself, as he does with ... «Baltimore Sun, Sie 13»
'Fava Day' celebration raises funds for kids with cancer
Never one to pass up a chance to pull someone's leg with a well-timed joke, Fagundes told Mendonca and the crowd of hungry men that it was Fava Day and ... «The Turlock Journal, Maj 12»
Louis Tomlinson's mum on her boy being a troublesome toddler
"From 18 months his eyes were darting round the room to pull someone's leg or have a joke with somebody,” said Johanna. “He used to go to a play group and ... «Sugarscape, Kwi 12»
National Tell A Lie Day: Best Lies Told By US Presidential …
You can pull someone's leg, play a prank, tell a tall tale, or allow a little white lie. But don't go overboard; when you lie about something big, like these guys did, ... «International Business Times, Kwi 12»
