to pretend to be ill
1Nick Swardson's Pretend Time — Title card Format Sketch comedy Off color humor Crea …
2put it on — PRETEND, play act, make believe, fake it, go through the motions. → put * * * put it on To pretend (to be ill, etc) • • • Main Entry: ↑put …
3feign sickness — pretend to be ill, act sick …
4Cao Shuang — Chinese t=曹爽 s=曹爽Cao Shuang (died 249) was the son of Cao Zhen, a famous commander of the Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. He initially held great power in the kingdom of Wei as the Grand Commander but later, he lost his power to… …
5malinger — ma‧lin‧ger [məˈlɪŋgə ǁ ər] verb [intransitive] to avoid work by pretending to be ill: • We need to discourage employees from malingering but provide help for those who are genuinely sick. malingerer noun [countable] * * * malinger UK US… …
6fake — fake1 [feık] n 1.) a copy of a valuable object, painting etc that is intended to deceive people ▪ The painting was judged a fake. ▪ Jones can spot a fake from 20 feet away. 2.) someone who is not what they claim to be or does not have the skills… …
7fake — 1 noun (C) 1 a copy of a valuable object, painting etc that is intended to deceive people: We thought it was a genuine antique, but it was only a fake. 2 someone who is not what they claim to be or does not have the skills they say they have: He… …
8Sir Handel — is a fictional locomotive from The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry and its adaptation TV series, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends . Sir Handel lives and works on the Skarloey Railway on the Island of Sodor as Engine No.3. Sir Handel is named… …
9malinger — (v.) 1820, from Fr. malingrer to suffer, perhaps also pretend to be ill, from malingre ailing, sickly (13c.), of uncertain origin, possibly a blend of mingre sickly, miserable and malade ill. Mingre is itself a blend of maigre meager + haingre… …
10swing the lead — British & Australian, old fashioned to pretend to be ill so that you do not have to work. And is she genuinely ill or is she just swinging the lead? (usually in continuous tenses) …
