一ひと芝しば居い

noun

a trick; a put-on act; a little drama

Refers to a small, often theatrical deception or performance put on to fool someone, like a staged scene. Often used in the phrase 一芝居打つ (to put on an act).

• 彼かれは私わたしをだますために一ひと芝しば居い打うった。

  He put on an act to deceive me.

• その泣なき真似まねは明あきらかに一ひと芝しば居いだった。

  That fake crying was clearly a put-on.