Idiom
play the fool
Meaning
To behave in a foolish or comical manner.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He likes to play the fool to make his friends laugh.”
“During the meeting, he decided to play the fool to avoid answering the difficult questions.”
“Although he was a brilliant scholar, he often chose to play the fool in social settings to deflect unwanted attention from his private life.”
Examples
simple
“He likes to play the fool to make his friends laugh.”
contextual
“During the meeting, he decided to play the fool to avoid answering the difficult questions.”
complex
“Although he was a brilliant scholar, he often chose to play the fool in social settings to deflect unwanted attention from his private life.”
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