4/14/2022

Is Poker Face An Idiom

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  • Poker Face (noun): an impassive expression that hides one's true feelings. Having a poker face is both a gift and a curse. While you can hide your thoughts and feelings from everyone else, a lot.
  • Poker face: noun a blank expression used to hide knowledge or feelings.

8) It might have a poker face, but it has a pair of black holes up its sleeve. 9) I look forward to finding an app with such a technology to practice my poker face. 10) My stomach drops and I have to maintain this poker face and not let it get to the outer part of me.

English[edit]

A woman with a neutral expression

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Noun[edit]

(pluralpoker faces)

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  1. (poker) An impassive facial expression cultivated to prevent other players from determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand, or of bluffing.
    Though he thought he had a perfect poker face, he had a number of tells his opponents soon learned.
  2. Any similar expression used to prevent giving away one's motives, feelings, or situation.
  3. A person who has a poker face

Synonyms[edit]

Poker face idiom

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Translations[edit]

impassive facial expression preventing determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand or of bluffing
Is Poker Face An IdiomIdiom
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 一本正經(zh), 一本正经(zh)(yīběnzhèngjīng), 面無表情, 面无表情(miànwúbiǎoqíng)
  • Danish: pokeransigtn, pokerfjæsn
  • Dutch: pokerface(nl)
  • Finnish: pokerinaama(fi), pokka(fi)
  • French: l'air de rien(fr)
  • Greek: ανέκφραστος(el)m(anékfrastos)
  • Hungarian: pókerarc
  • Portuguese: cara de pau(pt)c
  • Russian: мо́рда кирпичо́мf(mórda kirpičóm), по́кер-фе́йс(ru)m(póker-fɛ́js)
  • Spanish: doble caraf, cara de póquerf
  • Swedish: pokeransikte(sv)n, pokerface(sv), pokerfejs(sv)
any similar expression preventing giving away one's motives etc.

Poker Face Song Meaning

  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 不動聲色(zh), 不动声色(zh)(bùdòng shēngsè)
  • Danish: pokeransigtn, pokerfjæsn
  • Dutch: pokerface(nl)
  • Finnish: pokka(fi)
  • French: l'air de rien(fr)
  • Greek: ανέκφραστος(el)m(anékfrastos)
  • Spanish: doble caraf, cara de póquerf
  • Swedish: pokeransikte(sv)n

What Is A Poker Face

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