Can someone tell me what 'playing possum' means? 🤔
2023-06-25
This is what goPenpal answered
Sure, "playing possum" is a phrase that has its origins in nature, or rather, from an animal's behavior - that of the opossum, to be precise. This phrase means to pretend to be dead or asleep, exactly as an opossum does to deceive predators when threatened. So, if someone's 'playing possum', they might be feigning ignorance or pretending to be unaware of something. For instance, if you sneak into the kitchen at midnight and your younger sibling, pretending to be asleep (or "playing possum"), observes you snatching some cookies, you might be in for some playful blackmail the next day!
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