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play cat and mouse
idiom
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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