Origin Of The Phrase Poker Face

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  • Poker Face (noun): an impassive expression that hides one's true feelings. Having a poker face is both a gift and a curse. While you can hide your thoughts and feelings from everyone else, a lot.
  • Poker face A visage lacking any expression that can be interpreted, as in Whenever Betty attended one of her children's performances, she managed to keep a poker face. This term alludes to the facial.

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Origin Of The Phrase Poker Face

noun

an expressionless face: He can tell a funny story with a poker face.
a person who has or deliberately assumes a poker face: It is impossible to tell what that poker face is really thinking.

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Origin

Origin ofpoker face

OTHER WORDS FROM poker face

poker-faced,adjective

Words nearby poker face

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Phrases

Words related to poker face

deadpan, mask, seriousness, straight face, impassivity, inscrutability

British Dictionary definitions forpoker face

noun

informala face without expression, as that of a poker player attempting to conceal the value of his cards
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases withpoker face

Origin Of The Phrase Poker Face

A visage lacking any expression that can be interpreted, as in Whenever Betty attended one of her children's performances, she managed to keep a poker face. This term alludes to the facial expression of a poker player who is expert at concealing his feelings about his hand. [c. 1880]

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Poker Terms And Phrases

noun

  • 1An impassive expression that hides one's true feelings.

    ‘In Europe and North America, these display rules encourage vivid facial expressions of emotion; a poker face is generally regarded as dull or deceptive.’
    • ‘Scott hid his grin behind a poker face - something he'd learned from Johnny.’
    • ‘When we express our goodwill, we usually use a smile or a welcoming expression, not just a political poker face.’
    • ‘He looked like he was brooding, but was hiding it behind the perfect poker face.’
    • ‘Without comment, he took the two cards he needed, hiding his contempt behind his poker face.’
    • ‘When he told me, I kept my poker face, but my insides went away.’
    • ‘He kept a poker face, reported the facts, and protected his sources.’
    • ‘My question is, when you know the contestant is giving you the wrong answer and a lot of money is at stake, how do you keep your poker face?’
    • ‘‘Now you're sure you know the rules’ I asked them over the top of my glasses with my sternest poker face.’
    • ‘Maguire walks this line with great skill and an unbelievable poker face.’
    • ‘He called his boss at the forwarding company ‘stoneman,’ because his boss has a poker face.’
    • ‘Does he regularly practice his poker face in front of the mirror?’
    • ‘Students usually keep a poker face because they don't want to be called on.’
    • ‘It's a poker face that's required in this game, and I've never been much good at cards.’
    • ‘The joy of it is in the sweat and butterflies, the clamped lips and steely eyes of the poker face.’
    • ‘‘Done,’ he said simply, sporting his best poker face.’
    • ‘‘Well,’ putting on her best poker face, Jennifer continued.’
    • ‘Years of practice in maintaining a poker face allowed him to take in his stride the invasion of his office by young women in light, summer dresses and a tale about one of them digging up a fortune while creating a winter herb garden.’
    • ‘The thing is, I still have to put my poker face up.’
    • ‘My hands shook from fear but I kept my poker face.’
    1. 1.1A person with a poker face.

Origin Of The Phrase Poker Faced

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