死んだふり

Meaning

1. nvs
   playing dead; feigning death; playing possum

Example sentences

• 死んだフリして難をのがれたそうです。

  He says he avoided the danger by playing dead.

• 万一熊にであったら、死んだふりをしなさい。

  If you should meet a bear, pretend to be dead.

• 突然の熊の出現に子供たちは死んだふりをした。

  At the sudden appearance of a bear, the kids made believe they were dead.