| Subject | English | Russian |
| Makarov. | he has no palate for playing tricks on people | он не имеет склонности разыгрывать людей |
| gen. | he has no palate for playing tricks on people | он не склонен разыгрывать людей |
| gen. | he is always playing tricks on me | он всегда надо мной подшучивает |
| Makarov. | he loves playing tricks on his sister | он любит разыгрывать свою сестру |
| gen. | it's just your eyes playing tricks on you | показалось (4uzhoj) |
| gen. | my eyes were playing tricks on me | мне это почудилось (I was absolutely astounded by what I was seeing; if not for the fact that the dog was seeing it too, I would have wondered if my eyes and/or brain was playing tricks on me. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | your eyes were playing tricks on you | тебе это почудилось (I was absolutely astounded by what I was seeing; if not for the fact that the dog was seeing it too, I would have wondered if my eyes and/or brain was playing tricks on me. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |