I asked a question on BBC message board. The question was...
Hi there. I am wondering is there any phrase or word to describe the action that one tries to get informaiton or secrect by setting a tricky trap in a conversation so that the other person would easily reveal the truth.Thank you for answering my question.^.^
What I wanted to ask is 套話 in chinese. I'm not sure if it is a right way to ask.
After an hour, I got the answer as following:
Yes, the slang expression which probably won't mean much to you is "being played". You could ask the person who is setting the trap, "Am I being played here?"
Actually, it's not the answer that I am really expecting, but it's more oral. Or maybe it's because I put my question in a wrong way.