play possum

常见例句

The rabbit played possum under the bushes, hoping the hunter would not see him.
兔子呆在灌木叢中一動也不動，希望獵人看不見它。
He began to suspect that his mother sometimes looked through his pockets while he was asleep, so for several nights he played possum when he heard her coming up the stairs and waited to see what would happen.
他開始懷疑自己睡著時母親有時繙他的口袋，於是有好幾個晚上他一聽到母親上樓的腳步聲就假裝睡著了，等著瞧瞧會發生什麽事。