act the goat

act the goat
разг.
(act (или play) the (giddy) goat)
вести себя глупо, валять дурака; поступать безответственно, опрометчиво; см. тж. act the fool

‘What's the use of making a fool of yourself, Annixter?’ remonstrated Presley... ‘You act like a ten-year-old boy. If Osterman wants to play the goat why should you help him out?’ (Fr. Norris, ‘The Octopus’, book I, ch. III) — - Брось ты выставлять себя на посмешище, Анникстер, - увещевал его Пресли... - Ты ведешь себя как десятилетний мальчишка. Пусть Остерман дурачится, если хочет, тебе-то что?

‘Now don't act the goat,’ she said, ‘or we'll be thrown out.’ (J. Lindsay, ‘A Local Habitation’, ch. 13) — - Не валяй дурака, - сказала Фил, - ты что хочешь, чтобы нас отсюда выгнали?

No one would expect behaviour like this from a person of your age. It's about time you stopped playing the giddy goat and learned sense. (SPI) — Разве можно так вести себя в вашем возрасте? Пора бы взяться за ум и перестать делать глупости.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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