"play games"不只是"玩游戏"

play games (with sb.) （跟某人）玩游戏，（跟某人）闹着玩；欺骗/敷衍（某人），（跟某人）耍花招

• Are you sure↗/ he’s really interested↗, and not just playing silly games with you? ↗

你确信他是真的感兴趣，而不是在跟你耍鬼把戏？

ahead of the game  领先，占优势，捷足先登

= to have an advantage over a situation

• Can you give me some tips↗/ so I can keep ahead of the game at work? ↘ （此处some也可以换成any）

你能给我一些建议，让我在工作上保持领先吗？

the game’s up 戏该收场了，事已败露

used to tell someone that something wrong or dishonest that they have done has been discovered

• Well, the game is up / and we're going to have to close down the company. ↘

额，事已败露，我们要把公司关掉了！