| 单词 | to hold all the cards |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold all the cards colloquial. to hold all the cards: to have the advantage; to have the upper hand.Often as part of an extended metaphor; see quot. 1840. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > have grounds for expecting success to have or go in upon good cards1554 to have or go in upon good cards1606 to hold all the cards1840 1840 C. Dickens Master Humphrey's Clock I. 138 Let me..play a fairer game than when you held all the cards, and I saw but the backs and nothing more. 1896 Davenport (Iowa) Daily Leader 29 Apr. 2/1 Kruger holds all the cards in that South African squabble. 1922 J. A. Dunn Girl of Ghost Mountain xvi. 241 They hold all the cards. They can afford to wait. 2002 Daily Mirror 31 May 45/4 If a certain someone now holds all the cards and is calling all the shots, you may feel a teeny bit resentful. < as lemmas |
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