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fool around

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American soundfool around
foolaround
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fool - around -> fool around

Myanmar meaning

[PHRV ] (infml esp US ) ကမြင်းကြော ထသည်။

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fool1 /fu:l / n

၁။ (derog ) လူနုံ။ လူအ။ လူ့အန္ဓ။ What fools we were not to realize he was cheating us! ❍ Do't be such a fool! ❍ I was fool enough (ie so stupid as) to believe him.
၂။ (ရှေး) မင်း၊ နယ်စားပယ်စား၊ အမတ် စသည် တို့က ခန့်ထားသော ပျော်တော်ဆက်၊ လူရွှင်တော်၊ လူပြက်။ See also APRIL FOOL
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၁။ (က) ~ (about/around) ဆော့သည်။ ကလိသည်။ Stop fooling (about) with that knife or someone will get hurt. (ခ) ကျီစားသည်။ ပြည်သည်။ I was only fooling when I said I'd lost your keys.
၂။ ~ sb (into doing sth) လှည့်စားသည်။ တစ်ပတ်ရိုက်သည်။ You can't / don't fool me! ❍ She certainly had me fooled. ❍ She fooled him into thinking the painting was genuine.
adj (US infml ) အဆင်ခြင်မရှိသော။ ပေါကြောင်ကြောင် နိုင် သော။ That fool husband of mine locked us out of the house.
❏ act/play the fool [IDM ] ပြည်သည်။ အပြောင်အပြက် လုပ်သည်။
❏ be no fool; be nobody's fool [IDM ]
ရှစ်စပ်က လည်သည်။
❏ fool about / around [PHRV ]
နန့်ကြော ဆွဲသည်။ သဝေ ထိုးသည်။ I was meant to be working on Sunday, but I just fooled around all day.
❏ fool around [PHRV ] (infml esp US ) ကမြင်းကြော ထသည်။
❏ fool's errand n အဓိပ္ပာယ်မရှိသည့်အလုပ်။ go/ be sent on a fool's errand.
❏ fool's paradise n [sing] ငရဲပန်းကို ရွှေပန်း ထင်ခြင်း။ I realized later that I'd been living in a fool's paradise.
❏ make a fool of oneself/sb [IDM ] ပေါကျန်ရစ်သည်။
❏ more fool sb [IDM ] တကယ့်ငကြောင်။ ‘I got up early to do some work and now I'm exhausted. ’ ‘More fool you!’
❏ (there is) no fool like an old fool [IDM ] (saying ) ကြီးခါမှမိုက်ရင် မိုက်တွင်းပိုနက်တယ်။
❏ you could have fooled me [IDM ] (infml ) ယုံဖို့အခက်သား။ Is that really a wig? You could have fooled me!

fool2 /fu:l / n [C,U] (usu in compounds)

မလိုင်၊ ကြက်ဥနို့ပေါင်း၊ သစ်သီးရောထားသော ပူတင်းမုန့်၊ အချိုပွဲ။ a / some rhubarb fool.

More examples
  • You’re a fool if you think you’ll ever see that money again.
  • How could you be such a stupid fool?
  • [feel (like) a fool] : I felt such a fool when he used me as an example!
  • [look (like) a fool] : I’m not wearing that; I don’t want to look like a fool.
  • Gooseberry/rhubarb/raspberry fool
Synonyms
trick, hoodwink, dupe, con, take in, deceive, pull the wool over somebody's eyes, bamboozle, all around, ass, being a pistol, birdbrain, blockhead, bluff, boffo, bonehead, boob, bore, buffoon, butt, campy, cheat, chicane, chump, clocker, clod, clown, clownish, comedian, comic, comical, competent, crazy shtick, cretin, cuckoo, delude, diddle, dimwit, dolt, dope, dumb ox, dunce, dunderhead, easy mark, entertainer, fair game, fake out, fall guy, fathead, figure of fun, fireball, flimflam, fool-headed, foolheaded, for grins, fox, gelastic, goofus, goose, gull, gump, halfwit, hare-brained, hoax, horse tail, horse's tail, idiot, ignoramus, illiterate, imbecile, innocent, jerk, jester, jive, joker, juke, kid, know ins and outs, know one's business, know one's stuff, know stuff, know the answers, know the score, lamebrain, laughingstock, lead on, lightweight, loon, make believe, mislead, monkey, moron, mug, nerd, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, no slouch, numskull, oaf, outfox, paid one's dues, play a trick on, play-act, pretend, put on, put one over on, sap, scam, schlemiel, schtick, side-splitting, silly, simpleton, snow, spoof, stooge, suck in, sucker, there, trifle, turkey, twerp, twit, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, victim, zany
Antonyms
be honest, brain, genius, sage
Cross references
trickhoodwinkdupecontake indeceivepull the wool over somebody's eyesbamboozleall aroundassbeing a pistolbirdbrainblockheadbluffboffoboneheadboobborebuffoonbuttcampycheatchicanechumpclockerclodclownclownish
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