Expresiones y frases - Verbo 'To play'

The doctors are playing a waiting game and my husband is getting worse!
Everybody's willing to play ball for the good of the company.
My son's a genius! He can play Beethoven by ear!
The serial killer sends letters to the police, as if he were playing cat and mouse.
I don't like playing with Stan, he plays dirty.
We were having dinner at this fancy restaurant and Susan started to play footsie with me!

to play games	ugar, engañar
to play hard to get	hacerse el/la difícil
to play hooky	hacerse la rabona, faltar a clase
to play into someone's game	seguirle el juego a alguien
to play it cool	hacer como si nada
to play it safe	ir a lo seguro
to play one's cards close to one's chest	no soltar prenda

Rob never loved Kelly, he was just playing games with her.
Don't give yourself to him so easily! You have to play hard to get!
Chris and I played hooky today and went to play video games.
If we want to know what he's up to, we'll have to play into his game.
When other kids made fun of me at school I just played it cool.
Your previous essay was great but in this one you're just playing it safe.
All we can do is wait and see what they do because they'll play their cards colse to their chest.

to play one's cards right	hacer una buena jugada
to play possum	hacerse el dormido
to play second fiddle to someone	desempeñar un papel secundario
to play the field	tantear el terreno
to play the fool	hacer el tonto
to play to the gallery	jugar para la galería
to play with fire	jugar con fuego

If you play your cards right, you'll win the next presidential election.
A pregnant woman got on the bus and everybody played possum not to give her a seat.
Ken thinks he's the boss at the office but he just plays second fiddle to Mr. Peters.
Kate played the field for some time before she got married.
Melissa, stop playing the fool and start doing your homework!
If you want to sell your product, you'll have to play to the gallery.
The judge is playing with fire trying to stop drug dealers.

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