cục mịch, chân thật, chất phác, không biết khách sáo màu mè (người)
danh từ
dốc đứng
danh từ
lời lừa gạt; lời bịp bợm
sự tháu cáy (đánh bài xì)
to call someone's bluff: bắt tháu cáy của ai
động từ
bịp, lừa gạt, lừa phỉnh
tháu cáy
bluff Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
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.
An bluff idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with bluff, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ bluff