Phrase

Playing Possum

Meaning:

Pretending to be dead, or to be deceitful about something.

Examples:

  • I believe the subject is playing possum.
  • I was playing possum on you by pretending—Yeah, no, no, no, no, no. Don't even.
  • Don't hear anything, but they may be playing possum.
  • Maybe she's playing possum until he goes away.
  • I never know whether she's playing possum or not.
  • Playing possum, the one thing that absolutely everyone knows possums do.
  • Playing possum, the one thing that absolutely everyone knows possums do.
  • I was playing possum, laying low till the heat was off.
  • Uh, I think she's playing possum.
  • I was playing possum.