make mischief

to cause trouble. Bob loves to make mischief and get other people into trouble. Don't believe what Mary says. She's just trying to make mischief.

make mischief

Cause trouble, as in Don't listen to her gossip-she's just trying to make mischief. This idiom was first recorded in 1884, but the related noun mischief-maker, a person who causes trouble especially by tale-bearing, dates from about 1700.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Perpetua	per-PE-twah (Spanish)	Spanish, Late Roman
Guadalupe	gwah-dhah-LOO-pe	Spanish
Pedro	PE-dro (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Tullia	-	Italian, Ancient Roman
Jen	[dʒen]
Phillipa	-	English (Rare)