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
Huey	HYOO-ee	English
Mabel	['mæbəl]
Filbert	-	Eastern African
Vartolomej	-	Serbian (Rare)
Tsubasa	tsoo-bah-sah	Japanese
Lambert	LAHM-bert (German), LAHM-bərt (Dutch), lam-BER (French), LAM-bərt (English)	German, Dutch, French, English, Ancient Germanic