fooling

ˈfuːlɪŋ
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Translation of fooling into Russian,

Noun

behavior

Rare
the act of tricking or behaving in a silly way
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  • His constant fooling annoyed the teacher.Его постоянное дурачество раздражало учителя.

Adjective

1.

deceptive

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intended to deceive or trick
Rare
  • His fooling smile misled us into trusting him..Его обманчивая улыбка ввела нас в заблуждение, заставив довериться ему
2.

judgment

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foolish or lacking good judgment
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глупый glupyjнеразумный бестолковый
  • Her fooling decision surprised everyone.Ее глупое решение удивило всех.
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Expressions with fooling: examples in English and translations in Russian

перестать дурачиться
Stop fooling about and finish your homework now!
без шуток
You won the lottery? No fooling!

Synonyms and analogies of fooling in English

Examples of fooling in a sentence

  • Their harmless fooling turned serious when someone hid his phone.
  • Her fooling words led us astray.
  • The fooling appearance of the product was misleading.
  • His fooling actions cost him the job.
  • The fooling choice led to unexpected problems.
fool
fuːl
Noun
1.

poor judgment

person with poor judgment or little intelligence
дурак mdurakглупец mglupecболван mbolvanдурачок mdurachokидиот midiot
  • He acted like a fool at the meeting.Он вел себя как дурак на встрече.
2.

dupe

person who has been tricked or deceived
дурак mdurakдурачок mdurachokпростофиля m
  • She felt like a fool after the prank.Она почувствовала себя дурачком после розыгрыша.
Verb
1.

deception

tr.
trick or deceive someone to make them believe something false
tr.
  • She tried to fool him with a fake story.Она пыталась обмануть его с помощью фальшивой истории.
2.

playfulness

intr.
act in a silly or playful way without seriousness
intr.
  • They were fooling around in the park.Они дурачились в парке.
Adjective

unwise

not sensible or showing poor judgment
  • Wearing shorts in the snow is a fool choice.Носить шорты на снегу - это глупый выбор.

Expressions with fool: examples in English and translations in Russian

дурачиться
бездельничать
Stop fool about and help me with this.
валять дурака
бездельничать
Stop fooling around and get to work.!
дурачиться
баловаться
They like to fool round during lunch breaks.
не дурак
She is nobody's fool in business.
чувствовать себя дураком
After the mistake, he felt like a fool in front of everyone.
обмануть чтобы сделать
ввести в заблуждение чтобы сделать
She fooled him into signing the contract.

Translations of "fooling" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
одурачиваниеnn. - odurachivaniye

To achieve these goals, elected quite Jesuitical tactics, combining direct repression and fooling companies.

Для достижения этих целей избрана вполне иезуитская тактика, сочетающая в себе прямые репрессии и одурачивание общества.

обманывать - obmanyvat'

If we are fooling ourselves, a competent advisor can see this quickly.

Если мы станем себя обманывать, опытный советчик быстро это увидит.

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Other translations for fooling:

  • обмануть

fooling: Examples and translations in context

On the other edge, by the very same process of forming beliefs about the universe and ourselves, we are also more capable than any other species of self-deception and illusion, of fooling ourselves while we are trying to avoid being fooled by nature.

С другой стороны, в результате того же самого процесса формирования убеждений о вселенной и нас самих мы также в большей мере, чем какой-либо другой вид, способны к самообману, к иллюзиям, к одурачиванию себя, хоть мы и пытаемся предотвратить одурачивание нас природой.

In these instances, we are not fooling anybody but ourselves.

И в этой ситуации нам некого обманывать кроме как самих себя.

In short, we have to ensure that we aren't fooling ourselves.

Короче, нам нужно убедиться, что мы не обманываем себя.

See this so you know I'm not fooling you.

Попробуйте и вы поймете, что мы вас не обманываем.

I'm fooling myself to think we can just be friends.

Я сам себя обманываю, думая, что мы можем быть просто друзьями.

I know that I do not want to be fooling myself.

Я же поняла, что не хочу обманывать себя.

They believe the person must be lying or fooling themselves.

Людям остается либо поверить, либо обманывать самих себя.

Both men, however, are fooling each other and themselves.

Оба, однако, обманывают друг друга и самих себя.

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fooling around
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