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play hard to get

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play hard to get
欲擒故纵

Date: Aug 11 2011

Themes: Romance

Quote

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“My friends are always telling me I have to play hard to get because I’ll pretty much say, ‘I like you. Let’s go hang out.’ But they think I shouldn’t do that.”

- Actress Emma Watson talks about her dating style. (Us Weekly)

“我的朋友一直告诉我对男人必须要欲擒故纵,因为我非常喜欢说‘我喜欢你。咱们约会吧。’但是,大家都认为我实在不应该这样做。”
女演员艾玛·沃特森 (Emma Watson) 谈论她的约会风格。

Definition

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pretend not to want something that you actually want

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When you like someone, you should tell him, right? How else will he know how you feel?

Actually, there are a few different ways you could go. You could flirt with your crush, or try to show your feelings in subtle ways. Or you could be direct by telling your crush how you feel, or by inviting him or her to hang out. This is what Emma Watson, the star of Harry Potter, usually does. But her friends think she needs to try a different approach. She needs to play hard to get.

When you play hard to get, you pretend not to like someone even though you really do have romantic feelings for that person. This might seem like a crazy way to try to get your crush to like you back. But the idea is that by playing hard to get, you’ll make your crush long for what he or she can’t have. Soon you’ll become the one being chased, instead of the one doing the chasing.

But playing hard to get isn’t always easy. Some people have a hard time hiding their true feelings. And not everyone likes it when others play hard to get. Some people appreciate someone who is honest and straightforward, rather than someone who plays games.

Have you ever played hard to get? Do you think that playing hard to get is a good way to get someone to like you?

Examples

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“I don’t know why Sarah’s playing hard to get. I know she likes me, but she won’t call me back.”

“I hate it when guys play hard to get. They should just be upfront and honest.”

Playing hard to get is fun. I like getting attention from lots of different guys and not telling any of them who I like the best.”

“Don’t try to play hard to get. I know you love me.”

Winners

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Bojana to pretend that you're less interested in someone, as a way of making them more interested in you
by Bojana
Whitney S Play hard to get means she should make it hard for boys to get a date with her
by Whitney S
pretend not to want something that you actually want
by Bitten by an Arab bug
 julito not to show her real interest at the begining
by julito
sb pretended that he/she was cold or a snob.
by loklokloklok32
camillagm pretend you are more difficult...
by camillagm
Talia Do pretend not to be interested or attracted by someone, usually to make the other person increase their efforts.
by Talia Do

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shernie42

shernie42

Philippines

Playing hard to get is cute. But should tell your feelings at the right time,  at the right place and at right situation. Its always different with females, men could always say what they  feel while most girls don’t.This is where playing hard to get comes in….if you are sure that , this guy likes you so much…and if you also like him..you could say your feelings to a guy but it does not always mean that he got you…

03:12 AM Aug 11 2011 |

Gorgon

Gorgon

Romania

I don’t know. But what are the romantic feelings anyway?

12:45 AM Aug 11 2011 |

loklokloklok32

Hong Kong

‘play hard to get’ I think that it’s easy to appear in girls.


01:32 AM Aug 06 2011 |

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