10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHOW ONE'S CARDS»
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1
A Collection of Confusible Phrases
lt was only after Hitler became Chancellor that he really showed his hand. show
one's cards show one's colors show one's cards - reveal one's plans or intentions
: The Prime Minister had not shown his cards so far as to who would be given the
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2
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
See house of cards; play (one's) cards . . . ; show (one's) cards; throw down (or up
) (one's) cards. Cardwell'! men. Ca: 1869-90, military coll.: officers promoted not
by purchase but on merit (and still, inevitably, by influence). Edward, Viscount ...
3
General Knowledge of English Literature
To show one's cards—to show one's intentions. E.g., I wouldn't show your cards
ifI were you.In businessitis often besttokeep one's intentionsto oneself. One's long
suit—one's principal strength. E.g., I'll beglad to help your daughter with her ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English: Abridged from ...
... a cooling card, anything that damps one's ardour, a wet blanket (q.v.) ; a
leading card, an example, precedent ; to play one's best card, to stake all, do
one's best ; to throw (or fling) up one's cards, to abandon a project ; to show one's
cards, ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley,
1905
5
Exploring Idioms: A Critical-Thinking Resource for Grades 4-8
Background: Many idioms originated from the centuries-old activity of playing
cards. To lay or put one's cards on the table is a good example, although this
particular idiom came into use in the early 1900s. It literally means to show one's
cards ...
Valeri R. Helterbran,
2008
6
A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language Designed to ...
i\'cs; show in front, TR/ixscuRs|o:~:-Suonrcomxo; show itself, Visisii.irv-lxvisiaiurv;
show ofi, BRAGGING, PQMP; show of similarity, LiRi-:1.moon-U.\'1.n;eunoon.
LXKENESS-UNLIKENESS; show one's cards, ExPOSURE-Hll)lNGl'LACE§ show
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Francis Andrew March,
1906
7
Allied Chambers transliterated Hindi-Hindi-English dictionary
T 3TRT J^TRT to have one's passions fulfilled, dil kl bat ferT^TTRr the inner truth
or feelings, dil ki bat batana few # wur *ttrt to show one's cards, to keep no
reservation. dil ki dil men rahna few few 3r T^rr to have a wish remain unfulfilled;
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S. S. Parikh, D. F. Plukker, R. Veldhuijzen van Zanten,
1993
8
Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
SHOW UP SHOWDOWN SHOW FIGHT SHOWGIRL SHOW GOOD FORM SHOW
HIM WHAT YOU ARE MADE OF SHOW IN SHOW OF FORCE SHOW OF
REASON SHOW OFF SHOW-OFF SHOW OF HANDS SHOW ONE'S'/CARDS/
HAND ...
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
... one's cards • .1, or badly, to make, or not to make, the best uf one's chances ;
Show one's cards, to expose =se's secrets or designs ; Speak by the card, to soak
with elegance and to the point : Throw Up tie cards, to give in: to confess defeat.
10
Collot's French-English and English-French Dictionary: ...
son jeu; to show one's cards; to discover one's hand. ss Dficonv1na,'to uncover,
to show one's bosom; to discover one's self, to be open; to take off one's hat. —
une piece; (at chess) to unguard a piece; to make way for a piece. Je lui ail ...