2.[blʌf]a <Í> 1. отвесный, крутой; обрывистый bluff body - спец.плохо обтекаемое тело 2. грубовато-добродушный he said it with bluff downright honesty - он сказал это прямо и откровенно ♢as bluff as a night constable - груб как ночной полицейский
II 1.[blʌf]nразг. <Í> 1) обман, блеф to call smb.'s bluff - а) заставить (противника) раскрыть карты; б) не позволить себя обмануть; разоблачить чей-л. манёвр; не поддаться на провокацию; не дать взять себя на пушку was it an exceedingly clever bluff? - не было ли это очень тонким притворством? the offer was a bluff - это предложение оказалось блефом 2) обманщик 3) карт.блеф 4) пустая угроза
2.[blʌf]vразг. <Í> 1. 1) обманывать he was bluffed by his opponent - противник сумел его провести 2) карт.блефовать 2. (into) втираться; обманом добиться чего-л. to bluff one's way into a job - пролезть на должность he bluffed us into believing he was a doctor - он выдал себя за врача, и мы поверили 3. запугивать, брать на пушку (тж.bluff off) ♢to bluff it out - выкрутиться; ≅ выйти сухим из воды
bluff Идиома
call his bluff
challenge his story, give it to me straight, put up or shut up When I called his bluff about low profits, he admitted that the company made 11 million.
call one's bluff
Idiom(s): call one's bluff
Theme: CHALLENGE
to demand that someone prove a claim; to demonstrate that a person is or is not being deceptive. • All right, I'll call your bluff Show me you can do it! • Tom said, "I've got a gun here in my pocket, and I'll shoot if you come any closer!" "Go ahead," said Bill, calling his bluff.
call one's bluff|bluff|call
v. phr., informal To ask someone to prove what he says he can or will do. (Originally from the card game of poker.) Tom said he could jump twenty feet and so Dick called his bluff and said "Let's see you do it!"
call someone's bluff Expose someone's deception, invite a showdown, as in I don't believe they have enough capital; I'm going to call their bluff. This term comes from poker, where bluffing (pretending) that one has better cards than one's opponents is an intrinsic part of the game, and calling someone's bluff means forcing them to show their cards. By the late 1800s it was being applied to other enterprises. Also see show one's hand.
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