play the goat
play the goat
To behave comically or playfully, often to amuse others. Joe never plays the goat—he's always serious. If you continue to play the goat, you're going to have to leave the classroom.
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Also in May, American playwright Edward Albee visited Bulgaria for preparations for his play The Goat or Who is Sylvia.
In the play the goat says, 'What can't man extend his compassion to?
Staged at London's Almeida Theatre, it will be the British premiere of Edward Albee's Tony Award-winning play The Goat, which is subtitled Who Is Sylvia?
I always liked to play the goat, so why change now?
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- play possum
- play Russian roulette
- play safe
- play second fiddle
- play second fiddle to
- play silly buggers
- play somebody's game
- play someone at their own game
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- play the devil with someone/something
- play the dozens
- play the field
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- play the gender card
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- play the hand (one) is dealt
- play the heavy
- play the market
- play the papers
- play the percentage game
- play the percentages
- play the ponies
- play the race card
- play the waiting game
- play three-dimensional chess
- play through
- play to
- play to (one's) strengths
- play to the crowd
- play to the gallery
- play to win
- play to your strengths
- play tonsil hockey
- play tricks on
- play truant
- play trump card
- play up
- play up to
- play up to (one)
- play well with others
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- play the old soldier
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- Play the Percentages
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