Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

to call someone\'s bluff

Persian (Farsi) translation:

دست کسی را خواندن/مشت کسی را باز کردن

Added to glossary by SeiTT
May 13, 2015 10:22
9 yrs ago
English term

to call someone's bluff

English to Persian (Farsi) Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Idioms
Greetings

This page has a good definition:
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/call bluff
to demand that someone prove a claim or is not being deceptive.
E.g. All right, I'll call your bluff. Show me you can do it!
E.g. Tom said, "You've made me really angry, and I'll punch you if you come any closer!" "Go ahead," said Bill, calling his bluff.

In the second example, one assumes that Bill deliberately went closer to Tom. He may well have been intending to find out whether or not Tom meant what he was saying.

Best wishes, and many thanks,

Simon

Proposed translations

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دست کسی را خواندن/مشت کسی را باز کردن

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Also پته کسی را روی آب ریختن

Go to this page, plz :http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_farsi_persian/internet_...’s_bluff.html

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http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_farsi_persian/internet_...’s_bluff.html

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If u Google " to call someone's bluff"+مشت کسی را رو کردن, you'll be directed to a proz page!
Peer comment(s):

agree Jaber Haghighi
5 mins
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agree Mahta Karimpour Natanzi
4 days
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داری بلوف میزنی

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agree Mahmoud Reazi
2 hrs
Thank you!
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خالی بندی کسی را رو کردن، بلوف کسی را خواندن

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تو گفتی و منم باور کردم.

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