play possum
Anglais[modifier le wikicode]
Étymologie[modifier le wikicode]
Locution verbale [modifier le wikicode]
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[modifier le wikicode]
- → voir play dead
Hyperonymes[modifier le wikicode]
Prononciation[modifier le wikicode]
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