9 Jan 2000

Question 1

Pull a flanker

Answer 1

2British dated, informal A trick or swindle.
‘he’s certainly pulled a flanker on the army’
Synonyms
stratagem, ploy, ruse, scheme, device, move, manoeuvre, contrivance, machination, expedient, artifice, wile, dodge

Question 2

push your luck, push it/things

Answer 2

(informal) to take a risk because you have successfully avoided problems in the past
You didn’t get caught last time, but don’t push your luck!