狸たぬき寝ね入いり

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

feigning sleep; playing possum

Pretending to be asleep, often to avoid something or deceive someone. Can be used literally or figuratively.

• 弟おとうとは宿しゅく題だいをやりたくなくて、狸たぬき寝ね入いりを決きめ込こんだ。

  My younger brother didn't want to do his homework, so he pretended to be asleep.

• 会かい議ぎ中ちゅう、彼かれは狸たぬき寝ね入いりをして発はつ言げんを避さけた。

  During the meeting, he feigned sleep to avoid speaking.