jerk (one's) chain

To tease someone, often by trying to convince him or her of something untrue. Quit jerking my chain, I know there isn't a Hollywood director calling me right now. I love jerking my sister's chain—it's almost too easy to annoy her.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Praxiteles	-	Ancient Greek
Beorhtsige	-	Anglo-Saxon
Kaoru	kah-o-ṙoo	Japanese
Tanja	TAHN-yah (German, Finnish)	German, Finnish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
LĖJa	-	Lithuanian
Archer	-	English