Take the Mickey - What Does It Mean?
 

I'm editing a book in which this expression comes up a few times. It must be British because the text was translated by a British-schooled translator.

Can anyone tell me what "take the mickey" means?

Dear StCirq,

It is quite obvious. "To take the Mickey" means to go out on a date with an Irishman.

See http://www.bartleby.com/61/99/M0269900.html

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I believe it means to make a fool of someone.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-tak1.htm
Weren't you looking for a hotel?

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-tak1.htm

Thank you!


Weren't you looking for a hotel?

Huh?

Dear StCirq,

If you had gone to the site I posted, you would have seen that I was trying to take the mickey out of you.

((I))

StCirq, ira was taking the mickey out of you, or perhaps "winding you up" a little. A cruder version is "take the piss". Same meaning in the Antipodes.

http://www.takeourword.com/TOW145/page2.html

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-tak1.htm

http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache...y%22&hl=en

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=mickey

http://www.bartleby.com/61/99/M0269900.html

http://cgi.peak.org/~jeremy/retort.c...%20the%20micky

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/help/strictly_british1.html#T

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...;oneclick=true