Call someone's bluff　拆穿某人的牌？

Call one's bluff就是揭露某人虛張聲勢的做法，說法來自撲克牌。例如，玩牌時，我虛張聲勢，明明拿一手爛牌，但卻裝腔作勢，讓別人認為我的牌很好，這叫bluff，虛張聲勢；結果被你看穿了，我就可以說 You call my bluff。 

Bluff這個字就是虛張聲勢，唬弄，裝裝樣子，先看動詞用法：

Is he going to jump or is he only bluffing?
他是真要跳還是只是嚇唬人？

She bluffed the doorman into thinking that she was a reporter.
她裝模作樣子讓門房以為她是記者。

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也有名詞用法：

When she said she was leaving him, he thought it was only a bluff.
當她説要離開他時，他以為那只是裝裝樣子。

Call one’s bluff是裝模作樣時，被人戳破，看一個例子，熟悉用法：

When she threatened to quit her job, her boss called her bluff and told her she could leave if she wanted to. 她威脅老闆要離職，老闆看出她只是裝裝樣子，就叫她想走就走。

（本文轉載自世界公民文化中心，本文僅反映專家作者意見，不代表本社立場。）

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