“Pulling my leg”, is an idiom occasionally used to mislead someone playfully or tease someone or to tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with the person.
In simple words, anyone who has been telling you un-believable lies is possibly been ‘pulling your legs’.
Some examples are…
- Oh, please stop crying, I was just pulling your leg!
- Stop pulling my leg, I do know you lied to me.
- Is he really angry with me or he is just pulling my leg?
For those who are now familiar with the phrase now, you know that what it means. So that next time someone says “you must be pulling my leg!” that means “you must be joking or kidding me”.
“You are pulling my legs” was a typical slang expression within the 20th century.
When did this phrase appear 1st?
It is coined in the 19th century and the first time it is found in print in print is in the diary of James Gallatin, secretary to Albert Gallatin, a great peacemaker, 1813-1827, recording an incident that was said to have taken place in 1821.
Now, another less popular version of the phrase was around at this stage of the game to ask a person for something, especially money.
To conclude, we all know is that this phrase isn’t any less common among other idioms that are used occasionally.
