make mischief

Idioms & Phrases

make mischief

Cause trouble, as in Don't listen to her gossipshe's just trying to make mischief. This idiom was first recorded in 1884, but the related noun mischief-maker, a person who causes trouble especially by tale-bearing, dates from about 1700.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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