CLOWN AROUND, COCK-AND-BULL STORY, COLD FEET: American English Idioms #44
CLOWN AROUND To “clown around” is to have fun in an informal, playful way. When people “clown around,” they are not being serious or formal. They are not taking themselves too seriously. The term “clown around” is an idiomatic phrase which means “to behave in a silly or childish manner.” The phrase can have many…