Pretend idioms:

1, playing the fool.

Interpretation: pretend: pretend; Seclusion: refers to seclusion. Play the fool and escape from this world. Refers to a negative attitude of feudal literati to escape from reality.

Source: Chang Qu's Records of Huayang Country, Volume 10: "Fei Yi, a Chinese character, is also from Nan 'an. When he was in Gongsun Shu, Qi was a fierce recluse. "

Pretend to lose and then cheat.

Explain: pretend, cheat: pretend. Pretending to be defeated, attractive.

Source: Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the 96th time: "Tomorrow I will lead a thousand soldiers to battle, but I will pretend to lose and cheat. Before I am lured to Beishan, I will blow the horn, attack on three sides and win a great victory. "

3. Cheating and losing.

Interpretation: cheat, pretend: pretend. Pretending to be defeated, attractive.

Origin: Shi Naian's The Water Margin goes back to Chapter 85: "Lin Chong and Huarong Road occupied the suspension bridge, turned around and fought again, cheated and lost, and lured Lu Junyi into the city. Behind the three armies, they shouted in unison.

Examples of fake actions:

Anna always pretends that her father is rich, but it is not.

The dishonest engineer pretended to build a poor quality bridge as a good one.

But Mrs Fairfax pretends that the laughter comes from Grace Poole, who is a short and fat servant.

4. It is meaningless to pretend that the market and the government can't exist at the same time for policy guidance.

The company pretends that scientific progress is enough for them to detect anything, but it cannot.

6. Dad said that this little guy is a ghost and will pretend that his feet hurt when he doesn't want to leave.

7. The United States will not pretend that imprisoned dissidents prefer the shackles that bind them, nor will it pretend that women like to be humiliated and enslaved, nor will it pretend that some people are willing to be pushed around.