Is Poker Face An Idiom

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poker face

n.
  • 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.
  • Poker face - a face with no expression (this is done in the game of poker so that nobody knows if you have good cards or not) The politician had a poker face when he tried to defend himself against the scandal. Put one's cards on the table - to be open and honest about one's intentions or resources.

Poker face (plural poker faces) (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.

A face lacking any interpretable expression, as that of an expert poker player.

Poker face (plural poker faces) 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. Poker face: noun a blank expression used to hide knowledge or feelings.

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poker face

Examples of idiomsn
informal a face without expression, as that of a poker player attempting to conceal the value of his cards
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Poker Face Meaning

Is Poker Face An Idiomn.
[1880–85, Amer.]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Noun1.poker face - a face without any interpretable expression (as that of a good poker player)
poker game, poker - any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand
countenance, visage - the appearance conveyed by a person's face; 'a pleasant countenance'; 'a stern visage'
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English[edit]

A woman with a neutral expression

Noun[edit]

Is Poker Face An Idiomatic

(pluralpoker faces)

  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

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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
  • 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.
  • 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
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