芝しば居いを打うつ

expression, godan verb (-tsu)

play a trick; put on a false show; deceive

Idiomatic use: to act in a way that deceives someone, often by pretending or putting on an act. The trickery is usually deliberate and theatrical.

• 彼かれは病びょう気きのふりをして芝しば居いを打うった。

  He pretended to be sick and put on an act.

• あの二人ふたりは喧けん嘩かしているように見みえるけど、実じつは芝しば居いを打うっているだけだ。

  Those two look like they're fighting, but they're actually just putting on a show.

expression, godan verb (-tsu)

put on a play; present a play

Original, literal meaning: to stage or produce a theatrical play. Now somewhat dated; the modern expression is more commonly 芝居をする or 芝居を上演する.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、この劇げき団だんはよくここで芝しば居いを打うった。

  In the Edo period, this troupe often put on plays here.