| 单词 | to call one's bluff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto call one's (or the) bluff a. The action of bluffing at cards, in the game of poker; see bluff v.1 and cf. brag n.1; also = poker n.4 Hence, challenging or boastful language or demeanour, not intended to be carried out, but merely ‘tried on’ with the design of frightening or influencing an opponent who allows himself to be imposed upon by it. (First used in U.S.) So to call one's (or the) bluff (originally U.S.); figurative to make a person show his ‘hand’; so, to accept a challenge or invite a showdown; cf. call v. 20c (b); to run a bluff on (U.S.): to use bluff against or practise deception on (someone). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > false tale bam1728 bronze1817 canard1843 bluff1846 sleigh-ride1931 blag1962 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > actions or tactics run-off1843 bluff1846 fill1866 call1968 slow-playing1979 slow roll1982 slow-rolling1982 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > challenge or challenging > challenge [verb (intransitive)] > accept a challenge to pick up the gauntlet1548 to call one's (or the) bluff1876 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > practise trickery [verb (intransitive)] > using bluff to play a game of brag1845 gas1847 bluff1854 to run a bluff on1887 four-flush1896 fluff1902 blag1991 the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or set oneself to do [verb (intransitive)] > take up a challenge to throw one's hat into the ring1822 to call one's (or the) bluff1896 1846 S. F. Smith Theatr. Apprenticeship 148 The game of ‘bluff’ or ‘poker’, as it is more generally called. 1848–60 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Bluff, a game of cards. [So in Webster 1864.] 1866 Harvard Mem. Biographies I. 400 It is a very magnificent game of Bluff that we are playing. 1876 B. Harte Two Men of Sandy Bar 17 But suppose that he sees that little bluff, and calls ye. 1883 Liverpool Daily Post 22 Jan. The whole is a bluff to influence the..election next week. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Nov. 1/1 A bold bit of play in the game of bluff..between St. Petersburg and Sophia. 1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 25 Sept. The offer was only a bluff. 1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 130 ‘You got the stock, though?’ ‘Oh,—yes! I run a bluff on 'em.’ 1891 Chambers's Jrnl. 26 Sept. 618/2 A man may have a big name as a fighting man and yet not be able always to run a bluff on people so easily. 1896 Congress. Rec. 26 Mar. 3248 Where shall we be when the bluff is called? 1898 Times 4 Nov. 3/6 The policy of the Russian Foreign Office..has been a series of prodigious bluffs. Some of these Lord Salisbury has seen fit to ‘call’; others he has refrained from ‘calling’. 1910 N.Y. Evening Post 31 Mar. The Canadians..regarded it as a bluff; and if they did not actually call the bluff, they came as near doing so as could be done. 1933 Discovery Sept. 282/2 The childish questioner will very quickly call our bluff. < as lemmas |
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