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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Idiom: "play/use/drop the card"
It seems to me there is an idiomatic saying of playing/using a card, i.e. using a special feature, an authority, licence (often figuratively) or something in order to gain an advantage. Maybe, for example, a mother wil use a mother's card, or a favourite child theirs, or an attractive woman hers (cliche), or a lawyer will use their status in order to be taken more seriously even in a non-official function... Could you confirm this or do you know the correct saying instead?
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Anonymous Could you confirm this Yes, 'to play the [type] card'. A few examples from FrazeIt: They're going to try to keep your money, and yes, they'll play the *** card if they can. That does not mean that the bank cannot play the Merrill card in the court of public opinion.
- Anonymous Could you confirm this Yes, 'to play the [type] card'.
- A few examples from FrazeIt: They're going to try to keep your money, and yes, they'll play the *** card if they can.
- That does not mean that the bank cannot play the Merrill card in the court of public opinion.
- He is also not a white patrician who can play the class card the way FDR could.
- I think it's time for Mitt Romney to play the Mormon card.
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AnonymousCould you confirm thisYes, 'to play the [type] card'. A few examples from FrazeIt:
They're going to try to keep your money, and yes, they'll play the *** card if they can.
That does not mean that the bank cannot play the Merrill card in the court of public opinion.
He is also not a white patrician who can play the
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