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Today's Idiom = "Calling Your Bluff"






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Calling Your Bluff ( you guess that person is not telling the truth ... )

"Calling Your Bluff"



When you gamble that the other person won't do what he says he will do, you are calling his bluff.

Example: "They say they will fire me if I skip work today, but I am calling their bluff."



When you call a person's bluff in a game of cards, you bet against him because think that he is lying.

Example: "I'll bet one hundred dollars." Reply: "I don't think you don't have four kings, so I am calling your bluff."



When you tell that person you think he is lying, you are"calling his bluff".

Example: "I demanded that they give me more money, but they are calling my bluff."

Example: "We don't think you are going to do it. We are calling your bluff."





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