Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Don't pull my leg!

To "pull sb's leg" may be hard for English learners in Japan to understand. Because it has a false friend in the Japanese language. The phrase "ashi wo hipparu　（足をひっぱる）" will be the literal translation but it means "to interrupt."
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