act dumb; pretend to be ignorant of sth (in order to gloss it over); exploit others’carelessness ? 待了會兒，他把錢拿起來： “三十？別～！” (老舍《駱駝祥子》) Presently he picked up the money. “Thirty dollars? You’re not keeping anything back?”
打馬虎眼da ma hu yan
try to fool sb. by acting dumb
打馬虎眼
acting dumb;pretending to be ignorant of something in order to gloss it over
打馬虎眼dǎ mǎ hǔ yǎn
欺騙某人。try to fool sb., act dumb, exploit others’ carelessness, keep back