idiom > exploit other's carelessness
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Act dumb
　　Explanation: The fool who deliberately deceived.
　　Usage: Verb-object type; as predicate; means pretending to be stupid to trick people
　　Source: Lao She, "China Spring real," he is dumb, numbness we all went, posed as the good guys, want to be settled to the mix! "
　　Examples: He is ~, numbness we all went, posed as the good guys, want to be settled to the mix! (Lao She's "real China Spring and Autumn")
dǎ mǎ hǔ yǎn
　　Deliberately false or installation confused fool other people, to cover the truth
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Dialect
　　Dialect. The fool to pretend that they lie. Lao She's "Camel" d: "to be a while, he took up the money: '30? Do not act dumb!,'" Tagawa "Xiudi": "You dumb! You when landowners or to work it?"
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No. 4
　　以似是而非的言词和行动搪塞别人，邯郸土语谓之“打马虎眼”。这句土语是由“马虎”一词引申而来。“马虎”是说一个人粗枝大叶，不细心，也说“马马虎虎”。
　　成语 打马虎眼
　　发音 dǎ mǎ hu yǎn
　　解释 故意装糊涂蒙骗人。
　　出处 老舍《华实春秋》：“他这是打马虎眼，麻痹我们大伙儿，假充好人，想混过这一关去！”
　　用法：作谓语、宾语；指故意装糊涂蒙骗人
　　英文：exploit other's carelessness
　　日文：さばを読 (よ)む，目をくらます，人の目をごま
　　典故
　　“马虎”的由来，据说古时候有一个糊涂画家作画，他刚画了一个虎头，这时来了一位朋友想看他画马，画家顺笔一挥在虎头下画了个马身子。朋友问他你这画的是马还是虎呢？画家说“啊，都差不多，马马虎虎吧。”朋友走后，画家把这幅画挂在墙上，他的大儿子问他：“这画上画的是什么？”画家说：“是马。”他的二儿子来了又问他，他说：“画的是虎。”因此，画家的两个儿子对马与虎辨别不清。有一天，画家的大儿子遇到一只老虎，以为是马，想骑它，结果被老虎吃掉了。二儿子见到一匹马，以为是老虎，吓的惊慌失措，竟用弓箭把马给射死了。于是，人们送给这位画家一个绰号“马虎先生”。
English Expression
  1. n.:  exploit other's carelessness,  act dumb,  pretend to be ignorant of sth.,  in order to gloss it over
  2. v.:   exploit other's carelessness
French Expression
  1. v.  prétendre ignorer qch pour se décharger d'une responsabilité, passer sous silence
Containing Phrases
Exploit other's carelessness son