act the fool

Examples (10)

• At parties, he always acts the fool to break the ice, but he's no fool when negotiating.
• Stop acting the fool and be serious, you fool!
• She was acting the fool on stage to warm up the crowd, though the director considered her no fool.
• I acted the fool last night, and now I feel like a fool.
• If you act the fool in meetings, people may take you for a fool.
• He had been acting the fool for months online, yet only a fool would think he meant it.
• "Why are you acting the fool?" she asked; "Only a fool would believe that."
• The CEO refused to act the fool for the cameras; he wasn't anybody's fool.
• Don't act the fool just to get attention, you fool.
• By acting the fool in his videos, the comedian proved that even a fool can teach a lesson.