| 释义 | play cat and mouseidiom
 to try to defeat someone by tricking that person into making a mistake so that you have an advantage over them: 玩猫戏老鼠的游戏;耍弄
 The 32-year-old singer spent a large proportion of the week playing cat and mouse with the press.那位32岁的歌手这周大部分的时间都花在了与媒体玩猫戏老鼠的游戏上。
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Competing and contending (non-sporting)
 as a dare
 be one up on someoneidiom
 cat
 catchup
 challenge someone to something/do something
 dare
 get one up on someoneidiom
 give someone/something a run for their moneyidiom
 go in for something
 go toe to toeidiom
 hyper-competitive
 jungle
 pit
 sharp elbowsidiom
 sharp-elbowed
 sharpen (something) up
 sharpen your elbowsidiom
 showing
 snap
 toe
 
 
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