- yank one's chain
- Australian Slangto tell a lie
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yank one's chain
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Yank one's chain — to tell a lie … Dictionary of Australian slang
yank someone’s chain — AND pull someone’s chain tv. to harass someone; to give someone a hard time. (As if one were a dog wearing a choker collar, on a leash.) □ Stop yanking my chain! □ Do you really think you can just pull my chain whenever you want? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
yank my chain — If some one says this to another person (i.e. stop yanking my chain) it means for the other person to leave the person who said it alone and to stop bothering them … The small dictionary of idiomes
chain — noun 1 line of rings joined together ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ thin ▪ gold, silver ▪ She wore a long gold chain around her neck. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
anger — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. See resentment.Ant., good nature, jollity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wrath, rage, fury, passion, choler, temper, bad or ill temper, ire, indignation, acrimony, animosity, hostility, hatred,… … English dictionary for students
aggravate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. worsen, intensify, increase; informal, irritate, annoy, exacerbate (See resentment). Ant., alleviate, improve. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To irritate] Syn. exasperate, annoy, provoke; see bother 2 . 2.… … English dictionary for students
antagonize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. alienate, offend, set against; see alienate , anger 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [an TAG uh niyz] to rile another; to offend or make angry. Husbands and wives who antagonize one another often end… … English dictionary for students
jest — 1. verb I think he s jesting Syn: fool around, play a practical joke, tease, kid, pull someone s leg, pull/jerk/yank someone s chain, have someone on; fun; joke, quip, gag, tell jokes, crack jokes; informal wisecrack 2. noun jests were bandied… … Thesaurus of popular words
joke — 1. noun 1) they were telling jokes Syn: funny story, jest, witticism, quip; pun, play on words; informal gag, wisecrack, crack, one liner, rib tickler, knee slapper, thigh slapper, punch line, groaner 2) playing stupid … Thesaurus of popular words
kid — I noun, informal they have three kids Syn: child, youngster, little one, baby, toddler, tot, infant, boy/girl, young person, minor, juvenile, adolescent, teenager, youth, stripling; offspring … Thesaurus of popular words
