yank someone’s chain

and pull someone’s chain

tv. to harass someone; to give someone a hard time. (As if one were a dog wearing a choker collar, on a leash.) Stop yanking my chain, you twit! Do you really think you can just pull my chain whenever you want?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Silvia	SEEL-vyah (Italian), SEEL-byah (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Shelley	SHEL-ee	English
Blair	-	Scottish, English
Kipling	KIP-ling	English (Rare)
Walton	WAWL-tən	English
Brynjarr	-	Ancient Scandinavian