to play (at) cards
61play one's cards close to one's chest — ► keep (or play) one s cards close to one s chest informal be extremely secretive about one s intentions. Main Entry: ↑chest …
62play one's cards right — I make the best use of one s assets and opportunities II play one s cards right (or well) see card I …
63play — 1. Recreation. Pā ani; pili (gamble). Also: pa apa ani, upa apa ani. ♦ Play ball, pā ani kinipōpō. ♦ Play cards, pā ani pepa, hahau pepa. 2. Music. Ho okani, ho okani pila; puhi ohe (wind instrument); mūkī (the hōkiokio). 3. Drama.… …
64play for love — verb to play a game of cards without stakes …
65play the board — verb To have as ones best hand the communal cards on the board. A player in such a situation can only achieve a split pot as all the other players can also play the board …
66Play Off — Cribbage Play a card of rank far enough from that of previous cards so that opponent cannot use it to make a run …
67play with a full deck — in. to operate as if one were mentally sound. (Usually in the negative. One cannot play cards with a partial deck.) □ That guy’s not playing with a full deck. □ Look sharp, you dummies! Pretend you are playing with a full deck …
68play the ace against the jack — to copulate The ace is a vulgarism for the vagina and the Jack1 is the penis, the whole punning on a game of cards …
69play with a full deck — to be mentally alert Euphemistic only in the negative: The writer of that piece of filth is obviously not playing with a full deck. (Sanders, 1992) And see fifty cards in the pack …
70Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards — In the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States led coalition, the U.S. military developed a set of playing cards to help troops identify the most wanted members of President Saddam Hussein s government, mostly high ranking Baath Party members or …