Playing Cards Idioms and Card Suits

Match the following

• to say the truth about something

• To call a spade a spade

• to be mentally deficient

• Cash in your chips

• boastful, overly proud

• As cocky as the king of spades

• you have to deal with a bad situation

• Not playing with a full deck

• to die, to pass away

• to deal someone a bad hand

Match the following

• to increase the level of risk

• Poker Face

• A hidden advantage or resource

• No dice

• To be in a situation where success is un

• Ace in the hole

• a firm "no".

• Have the cards stacked against you

• A blank, emotionless facial expression

• To raise the stakes

Joker in the ​ (a)  

The ​ (b)   are too high

To shuffle the ​ (c)  

• pack
• stakes
• cards
• chips
• players

Match the following

• Wear your heart on your sleeve

• Keep one's ideas and plans hidden from other people

• Hold the cards close to your chest

• To avoid revealing one's true feelings

• Roll the dice

• To take a risk and hope for a favorable outcome

• Open book policy

• to be honest and not hide what you are thinking of doing

• Put your cards on the table

• To share information openly and transparently

Match the following

• Diamonds

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• Clubs

• 
• Hearts

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• Spades

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Play your cards ​ (a)  

Call someone's ​ (b)  

The stakes are too ​ (c)  

• right
• bluff
• high
• wrong
• fold
• left

Match the following

• Jack

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• Ace of Spades

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• King

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• Queen of Diamonds

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• Queen of Hearts

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