一就是一，二就是二，做人要脚踏实地，做事要实事求是，不能故弄玄虚，不要试图把别人当作傻子。别人不说或不戳破，不代表人家傻，也不代表自己高明。当然有的时候，故弄玄虚也可以是一种为了达到好的目的而采取的一种手段。
在英语中，play 可以表示各种各样的“玩”，包括与儿童的娱乐玩耍、戏弄他人和在游戏比赛中的娱乐等。当 play 作动词时，意为“捉弄，戏弄”，常用于搭配 play a trick/tricks (on sb) 中，例如：
The kids are always playing tricks on their teacher.We are playing a trick on a man who keeps bothering me.
Play 对应的短语动词 play with sb/sth，也有“玩弄或摆弄“等意思，它的作用对象可以是具体的东西，也可以是抽象的东西，比如感情等；一般只接具体东西的用另外一个短语动词 play about/around (with sb/sth)，例如：她只是坐在那里玩纸片，而我们试图解释她做错了什么。He sat playing with a rubber band throughout the lecture.
2. play with 接抽象的东西
She tends to play with men's emotions.
她总是玩弄男人的感情。
She realized that Patrick was merely playing with her.
她意识到帕特里克只是和她逢场作戏而已。
3. play about/around (with sb/sth) 单独使用时，意为”鬼混，厮混“
Don't play around with my tools!Will you kids stop playing about and get busy?
但是 play with sth 还有一个意思跟”玩“没有关系，这个意思是”巧妙地利用“等，例如：I like the way your poem plays with language.The composer plays with the exotic sounds of Japanese instruments.
表示各种”玩“的 play 不仅只有以上的表达方式可以表示”故弄玄虚“，还有一个对应它的习语 play cat and mouse (game) ，play a game of cat and mouse (with sb) 或 play a cat-and-mouse game with sb，意为”故弄玄虚，戏弄，捉弄“等，字面意思是”玩猫抓老鼠的游戏“，例如：
The cops do not like playing cat and mouse games with the culprits before catching them.The lawyers are playing a deliberate game of cat and mouse to reach sentencing.I know what you are up to. Don't play cat and mouse with me! I wish that they wouldn't play cat and mouse with me!我知道你在干什么。别跟我玩虚的！我希望他们不要故弄玄虚！
The 32-year-old singer spent a large proportion of the week playing cat and mouse with the press.
这位32岁的歌手一周中大部分时间都在和媒体玩虚的。
当然 play cat and mouse 还是一种小孩子们爱玩的游戏，例如：
Let's play cat and mouse!
让我们玩猫捉老鼠的游戏吧！
通常我们还可以单独使用 cat and mouse，比如 a game of cat and mouse：Online dating is like a game of cat and mouse where you can't even be sure if the person you're exchanging messages with is real.网约就像猫捉老鼠的游戏，你甚至不能确定和你交换信息的人是不是真的。
