play dead

English

Verb

play dead

1. To lie very still, like a corpse.
2. To act as though defeated while awaiting a chance to attack.

Synonyms

• play possum

Translations

to lie very still, like a corpse

• Tagalog: magpatay-patayan
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

to act as though defeated

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裝死／装死 (zh) (zhuāngsǐ)

• French: faire le mort (fr)
• German: sich tot stellen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: fare il morto, fingersi morto
• Korean: 죽은 척을 하다 (jugeun cheogeul hada)
• Norwegian: spille død
• Spanish: hacerse el muerto