pull someone's leg

Etymology
The phrase from Scotland originally meant to make a fool of someone, often by cheating him. One theory is that it is derived from tripping someone by yanking or pulling his leg in order to make him stumble and look foolish.

Verb

 * 1)  To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.
 * 2)  To extract money from someone (by taking out a loan or by swindling).
 * 1)  To extract money from someone (by taking out a loan or by swindling).
 * 1)  To extract money from someone (by taking out a loan or by swindling).

Translations

 * Catalan: prendre el pèl
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (usage: 开...的玩笑),
 * Esperanto: blagi
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, in die Irre führen, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: prendere in giro
 * Polish: nabrać kogoś, ,
 * Russian:, ,  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: tarraing à
 * Spanish: picar (a alguien),, meter cizaña, , , , quedarse con alguien, buscarle a alguien las cosquillas
 * Turkish: dalga deçmek
 * Vietnamese: nói sạo