Hello, everyone！今天分享的短語是「pull sb's leg」，「pull」指「拉；拽；扯；拖」，很多朋友剛見到這個短語的時候以為是「拽某人的腿」，其實它的真實含義是：
pull one's leg 捉弄某人；和某人開玩笑
Is it really your car or are you pulling my leg?
這真是你的汽車，還是你在和我開玩笑？
Don’t worry. I’m just pulling your leg.
別擔心，我只是和你開個玩笑而已。
說到開玩笑，第一個學到的單詞是：
joke 笑話；玩笑 n.
Did I tell you the joke about the chicken crossing the road?
我跟你講過小雞過馬路的笑話嗎？
She tied his shoelaces together for a joke.
她跟他開玩笑，把他的鞋帶系在了一起。
crack a joke 講笑話
I cracked a few jokes to try to cheer everyone up.
我講了一些笑話，試圖讓大家高興起來。
It's serious. This is no time to crack a joke.
這是很嚴肅的，不是開玩笑的時候。
joke 說笑話 v. joke還可以作為動詞
They joked and laughed as they looked at the photos.
他們看著照片，邊開玩笑邊大笑。
It's more serious than you think, so please don't joke about it.
這比你想像的嚴重，請不要再對此開玩笑了。
kid（與某人）開玩笑；哄騙
Oh no, I forgot your birthday! Hey, just/only kidding!
啊，我把你的生日忘了！嘿，開玩笑的！
You won first prize? You're kidding!
你得了第一？開玩笑吧！
jest 笑話；滑稽事 n.
His proposal was no jest - he was completely sincere.
他的建議不是開玩笑，他完全是認真的。
jest 開玩笑 v.
Would I jest about something so important?
我會拿這麼重要的事開玩笑嗎？