to lead someone up the garden path

to pull the wool over someone's eyes

court somebody

to keep one's fingers crossed

rebuff someone

to pull somebody's leg

to put somebody on

muzzle

to take somebody for a fool

bend someone's ear

humour

to do somebody a bad turn

turn someone down

to look at somebody's cards

tell the plain truth

play into someone's hands

rain on someone's parade

silent treatment

sweep someone off their feet

thorn in someone's side

to force sth. on sb.

drag out of

worm out of