Ploy / Hold your horses

Ploy: manobra para frustrar os planos do adversário, artimanha

Synonyms: artifice, device, dodge, gambit, gimmick, jig, juggle, play, trick, scheme, shenanigan

“Her story about being sick is only a ploy to get you to give her money.”

“Asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

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Hold your horses (também hold the horses): vamos com calma, vamos devagar, pare:espere um pouco

"Hold your horses," said Joe, "you don't know when the movie even starts."

“Whoa, hold your horses there, big guy. We're not leaving yet.” (http://www.urbandictionary.com)

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