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Definition: TO PLAY ONE'S CARDS |
TO PLAY ONE'S CARDS1. To manage one's means or opportunities; to contrive. |
Expression using "TO PLAY ONE'S CARDS": To play one's cards well. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "TO PLAY ONE'S CARDS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | tudja (have a head on one's shoulders, have a way with children, have taken sy's measure, to go around the block, to know how many beans make five, to know how to do sg, to know one's own mind, to know one's place, to know one's stuff, to know poverty, to know the score, to know what one is talking about, to know what's what, to know where the shoe pinches, to know which side one's bread is buttered, to know which way the wind lies, to like what is good, to play one's cards well, to put the shoe on the right foot), mit hogyan csináljon (to play one's cards well), jól kártyázik (to play one's cards well), intézi a dolgait (to play one's cards well), ügyesen intézi a dolgait (to play one's cards well), ügyesen (ably, adeptly, adroitly, capably, deftly, expeditiously, expertly, masterly, nattily, skillfully, sleekly, slick, slickly, to jink, to play one's cards well). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | otay ayplay one'say ardscay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-a-a-c-d-e-l-n-o-o-p-r-s-s-t-y" | |
-3 letters: postsecondary. | |
-4 letters: scolopendras. | |
-5 letters: landscapers, scolopendra, syncopators. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F      50 4C 41 59      4F 4E 45 27 53      43 41 52 44 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01010000 01001100 01000001 01011001 00100000 01001111 01001110 01000101 00100111 01010011 00100000 01000011 01000001 01010010 01000100 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   P L A Y   O N E ' S   C A R D S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F      0050 004C 0041 0059      004F 004E 0045 0027 0053      0043 0041 0052 0044 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5449250463559249483995323735523853 |
| 1. Definition 2. Expressions 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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