swing the lead

(British & Australian old-fashioned)

to pretend to be ill so that you do not have to work (usually in continuous tenses) And is she genuinely ill or is she just swinging the lead?

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ruperta	roo-PER-tah	Spanish
Ignacy	eeg-NAH-tsi	Polish
Manlius	-	Ancient Roman
Letty	LET-ee	English
Romaine	ro-MEN (French), ro-MAYN (English)	French, English
Anise	AN-is	English (Rare)