poker face
Meaning: An expressionless face; a face that reveals nothing of one's feelings or thoughts.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Body & Senses
Origin: The expression originates from the game of poker, in which the players avoid showing any pleasure or displeasure in the cards they have been dealt by keeping an expressionless face.
More idioms — Body & Senses
- put one's best foot forward — To try to make the best possible impression.
- put one's finger on it — To identify or understand something properly.
- put one's foot down — To be firm and unyielding about something.
- put one's money where one's mouth is — To support what one is saying by risking or spending money (sentences 1 and 2); to demons…
- rack one's brain — To search through one's mind intensively; to try very hard to think of something.
- rule of thumb — A rough guide; an unwritten or customary rule based on experience or practice.
More English idioms
- save face — To maintain/not maintain a degree of pride in a shameful situation.
- see eye to eye — To agree.
- set someone's teeth on edge — To irritate.
- shake a leg — To hurry.
- shot in the arm — Something that stimulates, boosts, or renews people's interest.
- stand on one's own two feet — To be independent and self-supporting.
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