我想开玩笑是他的主意，真是个淘气鬼。It's his idea of a joke, I suppose, the scallywag.那个小淘气鬼不停地捉弄他的父母.The little horror never stops playing tricks on his parents.你这个淘气鬼, 别拉猫的尾巴了.You naughty boy, stop pulling the cat's tail....

“淘气鬼”的英语可以翻译为：elf，elfin，rascal，urchin，varmint ...