play the fool

Examples (10)

• He decided to play the fool so he wouldn't look like a fool at the meeting.
• In comedies, she often plays the fool, but offstage she refuses to be treated like a fool.
• Stop playing the fool—you're making your brother feel like a fool.
• They had him playing the fool to distract the crowd, yet he knew anyone who called him a fool would regret it.
• I must have played the fool last night; now I feel a complete fool.
• He has been playing the fool all morning, and the interns think he's a fool for it.
• If you play the fool long enough, someone will take you for a fool.
• The spokesperson chose to play the fool in interviews, lest critics brand him a fool.
• Why are you playing the fool when the situation makes you look like a fool already?
• She won't play the fool to entertain them, and she certainly won't let them make her a fool.