play possum
Anglais
Locution verbale
play possum \Prononciation ?\
- (Amérique du Nord) Faire le mort.
- The opossum, colloquially known as a possum, is about the size of a domestic cat.
Such animals are known to feign death when threatened, giving rise to the phrase "playing possum". — (BBC News, US man 'tried to revive dead opossum' in Pennsylvania, 27 mars 2010)
- The opossum, colloquially known as a possum, is about the size of a domestic cat.
Synonymes
- → voir play dead
Hyperonymes
Prononciation
- (Australie) : écouter « play possum [Prononciation ?] »
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