play hooky | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,US)Toplay truant; toavoid(informally:skip)school,work, or other duties (stay away from these withoutpermissionnor anexcuse); toskiveor tobunk off(UK);Plenty of peopleplayed hookyfrom work to go see the movie on opening day.

Examples:

EN: I want to play hooky.
ES: Aún no soy tan viejo para eso, Ed.
EN: Can't play hooky?
ES: ¿No puedes hacer novillos?
EN: I'm going to play hooky from the office too.
ES: Y yo haré novillos en el despacho.
EN: - Let's play hooky then.
ES: - Faltemos a clase.
EN: And I thought, what if I play hooky again?
ES: Me dije: "¿Y si hiciese novillos otra vez?".
EN: - You know, the disobedient ones what play hooky from school.
ES: - Ya sabes, los desobedientes que no quieren ir a la escuela.
EN: - Let's play hooky.
ES: - Vamos a hacer novillos. - No.
EN: Well, why don't you play hooky from camp for a few days and let them gossip all they want to.
ES: Bueno, no vayas al campamento unos días y deja que hablen lo que quieran.
EN: James has too much honor to play hooky.
ES: James no sería capaz de hacerse la rata.
EN: I think we all need to play hooky. So I'm gonna take you to lunch, at a really good restaurant.
ES: ¿Por qué no nos tomamos el día libre y nos vamos a comer a un sitio que conozco?
EN: "Like wanting to play hooky."
ES: Como hacer novillos.
EN: So you think it's clever to play hooky, do you?
ES: ¿Contentas de haber hecho novillos?
EN: Could be nothing, but... from what I read, these Japanese school kids, they don't play hooky.
ES: Podría no ser nada, pero... por Io que leí, las colegialas japonesas no faltan a clase.
EN: It's a great day to play hooky and hit the beach.
ES: Es un buen día para jugar hockey y comer pizza.
EN: - So now you want to play hooky?
ES: - ¿Ahora quieres hacer novillos?

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