(something) card Идиома

a card

(See such a card)

a full house (cards)

a pair plus three of a kind, e.g., 2 kings and 3 aces In our last game of poker, you dealt me a full house.

card

(See such a card)

card-carrying member

a regular member, a person on the membership list Only card-carrying members will be allowed to attend the meeting.

card up one

another plan or argument kept back and produced if needed I don

card up one's sleeve

another plan or argument saved for later I thought that the negotiations would be unsuccessful but my boss had another card up his sleeve that we didn't know about.

drawing card

entertainment to attract people, loss leader The community hired a comedian as a drawing card for the fair.

hit me (card games)

"give me another card; yes, I'll have another one" "The old man looked at his cards carefully, then said, ""Hit me."""

hold all the trump cards

have the best chance of winning, have full control It will be difficult to do well in the negotiations with him as he holds all the trump cards.

house of cards

something badly put together and easily knocked down, a poorly founded plan/action The peace agreement between the two countries was like a house of cards and fell apart as soon as a minor problem occurred.

the (something) card

The act or tactic of introducing the affair of bigotry adjoin some group, abnormally that of which one is a member, in adjustment to abolish or accretion an advantage in an argument. There you go arena the chase agenda again. I don't affliction if you're purple—I still anticipate it's a bad policy! He consistently plays the Jewish agenda whenever he feels like addition is advancing him. I abhorrence it back accidental racists try to besom off accepted criticism by claiming that you're aloof "playing the chase card."Learn more: card

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