冷门谈资－牌桌上的英文（附获奖名单1）

扑克牌 ≠ Poker 

Play cards  玩纸牌

A House of cards  纸牌屋

This organization could fall apart like ahouse of cards at the first hint of crisis.

What’s in a deck of cards  一副牌

Four suits 四种花色

Spade  黑桃

Heart  红桃

Club    梅花

Diamond   方块

Five of Spades黑桃五

In different European languages, they have differentnames (not a direct translation of these four names in English)

Face card 花牌

Jack    

Queen

Queen of Hearts

King

Ace     尖儿

Joker    大小王

Ace something

Ace the exam

A lucky hand  一手好牌（牌的组合）

One pair    对子

Two pairs   双对子

Three of a kind   三张一样点数的牌

Four of a kind    四张一样点数的牌（炸弹）

Full house         三带二

Straight             顺子

Straight Flush  同花顺

Royal Flush      同花大顺 (带Ace，且Ace为最大)

Actions in a card game

Shuffle  洗牌

Deal     发牌

Draw    摸牌

Pass      过（不要/要不起）

Bluff     虚张声势／唬人（比如牌很烂但是装出有一手好牌的样子）

Popularcard games

Poker         扑克

Texas Hold’em  德州扑克

21 /BlackJack    二十一点

Bridge                 桥牌     

Idioms related to card games

A lucky hand

Play the hand you were dealt  量力而行（根据自己的实际情况处理问题）

Play one’s cards right  行事高明得当

If you play your cards right, you will get the promotion for sure.

Bluff        虚张声势，唬人

He doesn't have the guts to do it. He’s bluffing!

Call someone’s bluff    揭穿某人的虚张声势

“If you come any closer, I will punch you in the face!”

“Go ahead! “ I called his bluff.

Put all one’s cards on the table  （亮出所有牌）打开天窗说亮话

I’m going to put all my cards on the table, this is the maximum amount I can invest.

Shuffle cards – Shuffle people

Executive reshuffling   高管大洗牌

Raise the stakes 提高赌注（花更大成本和精力以追求更高回报）

We raised the stakes in the new project.