单词 | to play hard to get |
释义 | > as lemmasto play hard to get c. colloquial. to play hard to get: to adopt an aloof or uninterested attitude, typically in order to make oneself more attractive or interesting. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > be discourteous [verb (intransitive)] > not be affable to make oneself strange1390 to make (it) strangec1405 to make (it) strange1598 to wait one's distance1600 to wait one's distance1642 starch1698 prim1721 to cast snowballs1725 to put on the stranger1809 to show the cold shoulder1816 stiffen1864 to play hard to get1929 1929 Sunday Times Signal (Zanesville, Ohio) 17 Mar. Lois didn't play hard-to-get. 1959 P. Capon Amongst those Missing 194 To be blunt, you sort of strike me as playing hard to get. 2009 Daily Tel. 26 June 30/2 She plays hard to get, and lands herself in an almighty spot of bother. < as lemmas |
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