Playing Cards Idioms and Card Suits

Match the following

• boastful, overly proud

• Not playing with a full deck

• you have to deal with a bad situation

• Cash in your chips

• to die, to pass away

• To call a spade a spade

• to be mentally deficient

• to deal someone a bad hand

• to say the truth about something

• As cocky as the king of spades

Match the following

• To be in a situation where success is un

• Poker Face

• a firm "no".

• To raise the stakes

• A hidden advantage or resource

• No dice

• to increase the level of risk

• Ace in the hole

• A blank, emotionless facial expression

• Have the cards stacked against you

Joker in the ​ (a)  

The ​ (b)   are too high

To shuffle the ​ (c)  

• pack
• stakes
• cards
• chips
• players

Match the following

• Open book policy

• To take a risk and hope for a favorable outcome

• Roll the dice

• To avoid revealing one's true feelings

• Hold the cards close to your chest

• To share information openly and transparently

• Put your cards on the table

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

• Wear your heart on your sleeve

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

Match the following

• Spades

• 
• Diamonds

• 
• Clubs

• 
• Hearts

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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

• Queen of Hearts

• 
• King

• 
• Ace of Spades

• 
• Queen of Diamonds

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• Jack

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