card

card idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with card, also see hold all the aces (the trump card); house of cards; in the cards; lay one's cards on the table; play one's cards close to one's chest play one's cards right; trump card; wild card.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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