bluff

bluff

Tentative de faire croire aux autres qu’on est plus fort ou plus sûr de soi qu’en réalité.

En anglais simple : An attempt to make others believe you are stronger or more confident than you really are.

• His threat was a bluff.
• She called my bluff and asked me to prove it.
• Was their promise to fight just a bluff?

Synonymes : pretence, deception

Expressions courantes : call someone's bluff, a clever bluff, an empty bluff, pure bluff

bluff

Tentative de faire croire aux autres joueurs que ses cartes sont meilleures qu’elles ne le sont.

En anglais simple : An attempt to make other players believe your cards are better than they really are.

• That big bet was a bluff.
• Her bluff made the other players fold.
• He lost all his chips after a failed bluff.

Expressions courantes : a poker bluff, a successful bluff, spot a bluff

bluffer

Faire semblant d’être plus fort ou plus sûr de soi qu’on ne l’est, pour tromper les autres.

En anglais simple : If you do this, you pretend to be stronger or more confident than you are to trick others.

• I think he is bluffing.
• She bluffed when she had no good cards.
• Can you tell when a player bluffs?

Synonymes : pretend

Expressions courantes : bluff at poker, try to bluff, bluff someone, bluff someone into

s'en sortir en bluffant

Accéder à un endroit ou réussir quelque chose en faisant semblant d’avoir des connaissances, de l’assurance ou de l’autorité.

En anglais simple : To get somewhere or achieve something by pretending to have knowledge, confidence, or authority.

• He bluffed his way inside.
• I bluffed through the questions I could not answer.
• Can she bluff her way into the meeting?

Comment l'utiliser : bluff your way through something (I bluffed my way through the interview.); bluff your way past someone/something (He bluffed his way past the security guards.)

Synonymes : fake one's way

Expressions courantes : bluff your way, bluff through something, bluff past someone

bourru, franc

Qui parle ou agit avec franchise et sympathie, mais peut sembler un peu rude.

En anglais simple : Speaking or behaving in a direct, friendly way that can seem a little rough.

• He greeted us in his bluff manner.
• Her bluff honesty made people trust her.
• Behind that bluff voice was a kind man.

Synonymes : hearty, forthright, blunt

Expressions courantes : a bluff manner, a bluff voice, bluff good humour

camus, émoussé

Dont l’avant est large et assez plat, plutôt qu’étroit ou pointu.

En anglais simple : Having a wide, fairly flat front rather than a narrow or pointed one.

• The boat has a bluff bow.
• Waves struck the ship's bluff front.
• These vessels have broad, bluff bows.

Synonymes : blunt

Contraires : pointed

Expressions courantes : bluff bows, a bluff bow, bluff front