play the fool
Example Sentences
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"I am pleading with you. Let us not take this hurricane lightly. This is not the time to play the fool."
From Fox News • Jul. 2, 2021
But unlike those people, she also seems happy to play the fool herself when it suits her aims.
From Slate • Feb. 19, 2020
The sixth form were putting it on because they were studying it for A Level - and they brought me in to play the fool.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2017
“Do you think it’s wise to play the fool? Take a look around you, it’s easy not to see / Building walls between us doesn’t fix a thing.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2017
“You stop this foolishness,” she said, laughing, “and go on about your work. Can’t nobody play the fool with you all morning.”
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
