English Dictionary

try it on

verb

(idiomatic, colloquial) To test someone to see how much bad behaviour they will tolerate; to try to deceive someone to see how gullible they are.

I will try it on and see if it fits.

意味（1）

(idiomatic, colloquial) To test someone to see how much bad behaviour they will tolerate; to try to deceive someone to see how gullible they are.

“Come, come,” said James, putting his hand to his nose and winking at his cousin with a pair of vinous eyes, “no jokes, old boy; no trying it on on me. You want to trot me out, but it’s no go. In vino veritas, old boy […]”

意味（2）

(idiomatic, colloquial) To try to start a sexual relationship (with someone).

“ […] Tell her I’ll be outside the house from eleven o’clock onwards. Tell her to leave the morning-room window open and to switch on the light in her bedroom when it’s safe for me to come in.”

“ […] Tell her I’ll be outside the house from eleven o’clock onwards. Tell her to leave the morning-room window open and to switch on the light in her bedroom when it’s safe for me to come in.” “She won’t believe me if I go and tell her that,” I said. “No girl would. She’d think I was trying it on.”