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rozgrywać kogoś

English translation: pull sb\'s strings / play sb (out)

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Polish term or phrase:rozgrywać kogoś
English translation:pull sb\'s strings / play sb (out)
Entered by: Piotr Łazorko

19:48 Nov 8, 2020
Polish to English translations [PRO]
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Polish term or phrase: rozgrywać kogoś
Prosiłbym o pomoc w tłumaczeniu tego zwrotu w poniższych kontekstach:

" Potem, nawet jeśli się ze sobą nie zgadzamy i nadal jesteśmy wrogo usposobieni – wybór tych, którzy są zdolni do rozmów, a których obdarzamy zaufaniem (skoro sami nie potrafimy wejść w dialog). W konsekwencji wielu z nas, którzy stajemy lub zostaliśmy postawieni po dwóch stronach konfliktu (zostaliśmy postawieni!), może zrozumieć, że ktoś próbuje nas rozgrywać w grze, w której stajemy się jedynie pionkami. I nad tym warto się zastanowić."
http://pressmania.pl/prof-radoslaw-zenderowski-ktos-probuje-...

"Ewa Błasik: Rosjanie rozgrywają nas na wszelkie możliwe sposoby.
Oskarżyła go o "potajemne dogadywanie się z Rosjanami" i zaznaczyła, że w tej sprawie "Rosjanie z satysfakcją rozgrywają nas na wszelkie możliwe sposoby".
https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/ewa-blasik-rosjanie-rozgrywa...
Piotr Łazorko
Poland
Local time: 23:40
pull sb's strings / play sb (out)
Explanation:
Dwie propozycje.
(The Russians are) pulling all our strings / playing us (out) in every possible way.
Selected response from:

Andrzej Ziomek
Poland
Local time: 23:40
Grading comment
Dziękuję bardzo!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1to pit them against each other, pull the chestnuts (out of fire) with someone else's hands
geopiet
3play sb/sth off against sb/sth
Grzegorz Mysiński
3play sb like a fiddle / play sb like a pawn
mike23
3pull sb's strings / play sb (out)
Andrzej Ziomek


  

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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
play sb/sth off against sb/sth


Explanation:
propozycja


    https://tinyurl.com/y3qto8ux
Grzegorz Mysiński
Poland
Local time: 23:40
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 16
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
play sb like a fiddle / play sb like a pawn


Explanation:
play (someone) like a fiddle -
To easily and deftly manipulate someone to suit one's own needs, ends, or benefits.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/play (someone) like a f...

e.g. These politicians keep playing us like pawns.
You have been playing me like a pawn in your little game

mike23
Poland
Local time: 23:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 39
Notes to answerer
Asker: Dziękuję bardzo!

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pull sb's strings / play sb (out)


Explanation:
Dwie propozycje.
(The Russians are) pulling all our strings / playing us (out) in every possible way.

Example sentence(s):
  • We are just painted dolls, and someone is pulling our strings.

    https://context.reverso.net/translation/english-polish/Litwak%27s+pulling+our
Andrzej Ziomek
Poland
Local time: 23:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Dziękuję bardzo!
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to pit them against each other, pull the chestnuts (out of fire) with someone else's hands


Explanation:
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pit us against

geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 93
Notes to answerer
Asker: Dziękuję bardzo!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mariusz Kuklinski: to pit them against each other
4 days
  -> dziękuję
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