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Soochu Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Stop pulling my legs?

One foreign student studied in Oxford. One day he said to a girl student:

"You have beautiful legs."

"Stop pulling my legs," she answered with a smile.

"I'm not pulling your legs. I'm just looking at them."

could you please tell me the meaning of the sentence ' stop pulling my legs ' in detail ? ^_^
  

Top answer

To pull someones leg is to deceive someone in a joking way. "Stop pulling my leg" means stop teasing or joking with me. In your joke she did not believe he really thought her legs were beautiful.

— Mike in Japan

  • To pull someones leg is to deceive someone in a joking way.
  • "Stop pulling my leg" means stop teasing or joking with me.
  • In your joke she did not believe he really thought her legs were beautiful.
  • Note; it should be 'leg' not 'legs', so your joke uses 'legs' for added humour.
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To pull someones leg is to deceive someone in a joking way.
"Stop pulling my leg" means stop teasing or joking with me.

In your joke she did not believe he really thought her legs were beautiful.

Note; it should be 'leg' not 'legs', so your joke uses 'legs' for added humour.
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That's too funny. The expression "pulling my leg" means lying, or joking around. She was obviously flirting with you and you messed it up. Now im pulling your leg lol, but I hope this helps you out!
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Emotion: football [bah] Did you know in Spanish they say, "Me esta tomando el pelo? " Which translates "are you pulling my hair?". This is e
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