noun, expression
transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff
Refers to a trick, scheme, or argument so shallow that only a child would be fooled; often used dismissively.
そんな子供だましの手には乗らないよ。
I won't fall for such a transparent ploy.
彼の言い訳は子供だましだ。
His excuse is mere child's play.
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
Kanji spelling using 騙す; less common but still seen.
Compound of 子供 (child) and 騙し (deceiving), literally 'child-deceiving'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since at least the Edo period to describe shallow tricks.