a false thing becomes true.; do sth. seriously after starting it as a joke
Example Sentences:
1.
I remember when you were filming you told me about and incident during the end fight where things got a little too real 我记得你拍片的时候告诉过我一个小插曲，就是最后的那场打戏好像有点假戏真做了？
2.
A grim spectre has crept upon us almost unnoticed , and this imagined tragedy may easily become a stark reality we all shall know 一个无情的幽灵正人不知鬼不觉地附上我们，而这个想象出来的悲剧也许会假戏真做，这我们都应该明白。
3.
Thus , the wrestler should make feints on his own initiative in wrestling and carefully study and try to master the application principles of feint so as to trick and defeat the opponent by a surprise attack 同时，要认真研究把握假动作在运用中的规律，做到假戏真做，达到出其不意、出奇制胜之效果。
