come the old soldier

Meaning: (intransitive,idiomatic,informal)Often followed bywith: todeceive,imposeupon, ortake advantage ofsomeone, as ifexploitingone'ssuperiorageorexperience.Synonyms:act the old soldier,play the old soldierDon’tcome the old soldierwith me, sunshine! Do you think I was born yesterday?1823December 23 (indicated as1824), [Walter Scott], “Fortune’s Frolics”, inSt Ronan’s Well.[…], volume II, Edinburgh:[…][James Ballantyne and Co.] forArchibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co.,→OCLC,pages111–112:[W]ere it not that I think he has scarce the impudence to propose such a thing to succeed, curse me but I should think he wascoming the old soldierover me, and keeping up his game.1859–1861, [Thomas Hughes], “Brown Patronus”, inTom Brown at Oxford:[…], part 2nd, Boston, Mass.:Ticknor and Fields, published1861,→OCLC,page167:But you needn't try tocome the old soldierover me. D—n it, I'm not such a fool as that.

Examples:

EN: You've got an easy way with you, Charlie, but don't come the old soldier with me.
ES: Eres muy sutil, Charlie, pero no trates de subestimarme.
EN: Don't try to come the old soldier with me, lad!
ES: No trate de jugar al viejo soldado conmigo, muchacho!
EN: Don't come the old soldier with me!
ES: ¡No me venga con ese viejo truco!

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