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."
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