play possum

Senso (Inglese)

1. (idiomatic) To feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lie low.
2. (idiomatic) To feign sleep, illness, etc.
3. (dated, idiomatic) To dissemble or to feign ignorance; to disguise or conceal something in order to deceive.

Concetti

fingersi morto

sinonimi

keep quiet

lie low

play dead

pretend to sleep

Traduzioni

fazer-se de morto

fingir-se de morto

sich tot stellen

faire le mort

fingir dormir

hacerse el muerto

sich schlafend stellen

hasta numarası yapmak

zich ziek houden

zich doodhouden

se fingir de morto

Etimologia (Inglese)

From play + possum (“from opposum”), from the behavior of the Virginia opossum, which feigns death when threatened. First use appears c. 1807.