He made like he was playing a violin.

[Eisenmax]

Добрый день. Подскажите, пожалуйста, что означает жест "играть на скрипке"? Контекст вот какой:

Lice Peeking shrugged. 'Say I was to help you -what's in it for me?'
Dad had warned me that Lice Peeking wasn't accustomed to doing something simply because it was decent and right. He'd predicted that Lice Peeking might demand something in return.
'We don't have much,' I said.
'Aw, that's too bad.' He made like he was playing a violin.

Заранее спасибо

[Olya]

Изображая притворную жалость, грусть, сочувствие.
Это, естественно, не перевод фразы to play a violin :)

[Igor Kravchenko-Berezhnoy]

He made like he was playing a violin.

Он изобразил игру на скрипке.

[Redrum-wt]

можно добавить: "изображая грусть"... а то я б не понял, причем тут скрипка... ;)

[Eisenmax]

Спасибо большое