yank someone’s chain



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?
See also: chain, yank

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Magdalenemahk-dah-LE-nə (German), MAG-də-lən (English), MAG-də-leen (English)German, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Boykin['bɔikin]
Harden['hɑ:dn]
BenteBEN-te (Danish, Norwegian), BEN-tə (Dutch)Danish, Norwegian, Dutch
Honorius-Late Roman
Iseul-Korean