سرکار گذاشتن و سرکاری

Question

موردی که میخوام مطرح کنم فقط بر اساس حدسه و امیدوارم شما هم بتونید به بررسی اون کمک کنید :

Employ :  استخدام کردن و به کاری گماشتن

من امروز با کلمه ploy آشنا شدم که بعضی جاها 'کار' و بعضی جاها 'نوعی حقه و کلک' معنی شده، به نظرتون میشه گفت ploy همون سرکاری خودمونه ؟

Answer 1

Also

be having somebody on

 

( especially BrE)

 

to be trying to make someone believe something that is not true, especially as a joke

 Don’t believe a word he says. He’s having you on!

take the mickey (out of somebody)

 

(BrE)

 

(informal)

to make someone look silly, often in a friendly way, for example by copying them or by pretending something is true when it is not

He’s always taking the mickey out of me

Answer 2

Also a "wind-up" such as wind-up merchant

Answer 3

Look. I guarantee you. This whole thing is a put-on.
He said they wanted me to do a show for the president, and I thought he was putting me on.

pull sb's leg

Is it really your car or are you pulling my leg?

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You can't be serious - is this a wind-up?

Are you serious or are you just trying to wind me up?

Answer 4

 

3 make a fool of somebody to deliberately try to make someone seem stupid :

▪ Why did you try to make a fool of me in public?