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Diotima Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

play sb around/play around somebody

I was talking to a teacher the other day and she used an expression I cannot exactly recall but it was something along this line " teacher should know when to be firm otherwise children play them around/play around them".

The meaning seems it has to do with children pulling teacher's leg/ taking advantage of lack if firmness. However I would like to know what exactly the (idiomatic?) expression is and if you could provide some example how to better use it.

Thanks a lot!
  

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I apologies for my poor English. I was in a rush when I wrote the message. I will write it again: I was talking to a teacher the other day and she used an expression I cannot exactly recall but it was something along this line "teachers should know when to be firm otherwise children play them around/play around them ".

— Diotima

  • I apologies for my poor English.
  • I was in a rush when I wrote the message.
  • I will write it again: I was talking to a teacher the other day and she used an expression I cannot exactly recall but it was something along this line "teachers should know when to be firm otherwise children play them around/play around them ".
  • Does it mean that children pulls teacher's leg as a result of teachers' lack of firmness?
  • ) re-usable in a different context?
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I apologies for my poor English. I was in a rush when I wrote the message.
I will write it again:

I was talking to a teacher the other day and she used an expression I cannot exactly recall but it was something along this line "teachers should know when to be firm otherwise children play them around/play around them".

Does it mean that children pulls teacher's leg as a
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