死しんだふり

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

playing dead; feigning death; playing possum

Refers to the act of pretending to be dead, either by animals as a defense mechanism or by people in a figurative or literal sense.

• その虫むしは危き険けんを感かんじると死しんだふりをする。

  That insect plays dead when it senses danger.

• 彼かれは気きまずい会かい