The children like to make believe they are pirates.
make believe
idiomTo pretend or imagine.
During the long flight, the toddler used his toy plane to make believe he was flying across the ocean.
The lonely writer would often make believe that his fictional characters were real people sitting across from him at the dinner table.
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Adam and Eve
[Cockney slang]believe
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believe it or not
This may be surprising, but it's true.
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believe one's ears
To believe that something which one hears is truly the case.
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believe one's eyes
To believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case.
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believe you me
An emphatic form of believe me: you (the subject) had better believe me (the speaker).
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cannot make it
Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.
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doctors make the worst patients
It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.
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enough to make a cat laugh
Very outlandish or outrageous.