act the fool

Meaning

1. act / play the fool

   to behave in a stupid way in order to make people laugh, especially in a way that may also annoy them

   Quit playing the fool and get some work done!

In the movies · 5

• This fellow is wise enough to play the fool.Twelfth Night2012
• Play the fool, generally.The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
• when I'm sad, when I can play the fool...The Killing of a Chinese Bookie1976
• I'm part of the bloody act, you fool.The Prestige2006
• They don't pay you enough to act a fool. Let's go.Wrath of Man2021
• Then acted like a fool and tried to give Walter Cunningham a quarterTo Kill a Mockingbird1962
• - Hey, where do you think...? - I'm part of the bloody act, you fool.The Prestige2006

Learn it in full scenes

• Twelfth Night2012
  • Orsino's Speech on Music and Love
  • Viola Disguises Herself as a Man
  • Sir Andrew Boasts About Dancing
• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
  • Lucy Leaves Her In-Laws' House
  • Lucy Insists on Gull Cottage
  • Lucy Rents the Haunted House
• Wrath of Man2021
  • H's Fortico Interview and Training
  • H Meets the Fortico Crew
  • H's First Day on the Cash Truck

From the same entry

• any fool can
• be no fool
• a fool and his money are soon parted
• fools rush in
• make a fool of
• make a fool of yourself
• more fool
• no fool like an old fool
• not suffer fools gladly
• you could have fooled me
• fool around