英语词汇“call someone's bluff”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

call someone's bluff

1Challenge someone to carry out a stated intention, in the expectation of being able to expose it as a pretence: she was tempted to call his bluff, hardly believing he’d carry out his threat...

I called his bluff, expecting him to laugh - to turn around and leave.
He had called her bluff, and she had met his challenge head on.
For these emotions to work, they must have a kind of inevitability built into them, such that, when someone calls your bluff, you cannot avoid carrying out your promise or threat.

2(In poker or brag) make an opponent show their hand in order to reveal that its value is weaker than their heavy betting suggests.I'm just a little disappointed that it went this far to play poker and to have someone call your bluff....

One company has called the other's bluff and laid down on the table four Kings - four of a kind.
When not daring an opponent to call his bluff, he seduced them.

See parent entry: bluff

单词	call someone's bluff
释义	call someone's bluff 1Challenge someone to carry out a stated intention, in the expectation of being able to expose it as a pretence: she was tempted to call his bluff, hardly believing he’d carry out his threat... I called his bluff, expecting him to laugh - to turn around and leave. He had called her bluff, and she had met his challenge head on. For these emotions to work, they must have a kind of inevitability built into them, such that, when someone calls your bluff, you cannot avoid carrying out your promise or threat. 2(In poker or brag) make an opponent show their hand in order to reveal that its value is weaker than their heavy betting suggests.I'm just a little disappointed that it went this far to play poker and to have someone call your bluff.... One company has called the other's bluff and laid down on the table four Kings - four of a kind. When not daring an opponent to call his bluff, he seduced them. See parent entry: bluff
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