Stringing someone along In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "stringing someone along", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Jimmy Hung

2019-10-01 01:10

play fast and loose (with somebody/something) , put one over on (one)

String someone along American British phrasal verb

To maintain someone's attention on you or to keep them waiting in a state of uncertainty.

When you are not really into someone, tell him, do not string him along.

She is not your friend, she was just stringing you along so that she could get to your brother.

smell a rat

to doubt that something is untrue, unreliable or deceptive

crooked as a barrel of fish hooks

Very dishonest and deceptive

sail under false colours

To deliberately hide one's true nature, intentions or purposes

pull a stunt (on someone)

1. To carry out something foolish or risky

2. To carry out a trick

take (someone or something) for a ride

1. If you take a vehicle for a ride, you go on a short, leisurely trip in that vehicle.

2. If you take someone for a ride, you try to cheat them in order get money from them.

3. If you take someone for a ride, you bring them to a place and kill them.

The verb "string" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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