Did he mean it when he said hes leaving you or was he just pulling your leg.

Example of idiom pulling your leg. You can refer to a joke like this as a leg-pull. Да я же стебусь над тобой. An idiom is a phrase that has a meaning which is different from the meanings of each individual word in it.

Your browser does not support audio. I told my sister her pet snake had died but I was only pulling her leg. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

The car really was gone. Like me pulling your leg right now. Hes just pulling your leg.

1 For a moment I suspected that he was pulling my leg but a glance at him convinced me otherwise. Something thats supposed to have occurred in the Victorian period. You cant be serious about that.

This was supposed to have taken place in Victorian London medieval markets or anywhere else that the storyteller chooses to site the story. Hes just pulling your leg. 3 Common Leg idioms Pull someones legs No leg to stand on Have legs As with other parts of the body legs are present in many common English expressions.

Today is Sunday and that means its time for another idiom. If you accuse someone of pulling your leg you mean that you believe they are teasing you by saying something that isnt true. If you pull someones leg you tease them about something for example by telling them something which is not true.