played your hand

15:16 Sep 26, 2021
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English to French translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Dialogue
English term or phrase: played your hand
Est ce que cela veut dire "jouer son rôle" ?
"I wanted to remember you as the good guy. See, I do think people are born good. But you played your hand and left me no choice. If I let you live you would come after me."
Julie Fabioux
France
Local time: 17:17


Summary of answers provided
3 +1as joué tes cartes
Samuël Buysschaert
4Tu t'es montré sous ton vrai jour
Samuel Clarisse
4décidé d’agir (de passer à l’action)
François Tardif
3tu t'es lancé; tu as attaqué
Elena Radkova
3as montré tes vraies couleurs
Salman Hossen
3tu as dévoilé ton jeu / abattu tes cartes
Philippe Barré
Summary of reference entries provided
fwiw/hth
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
as joué tes cartes


Explanation:
Une suggestion,
pour rester en relation avec le jeu,

ou "as mal joué tes cartes", selon le type de relation entre les personnages,

Le personnage a effectivement joué son rôle, il a essayé de réussir dans une situation particulière mais ici il semble que son rôle dans cette affaire, cette histoire touche à sa fin.
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"Agir habilement, en tenant compte de ses atouts, dans une situation de négociation ou d'affrontement.
Antonyme: mal jouer ses cartes"
https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/bien_jouer_ses_cartes
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Exemples d'utilisation des termes:
"Surtout, n’aie aucun regret. Tu as joué tes cartes, il te reste plus qu’à attendre les résultats."
https://major-prepa.com/concours/informations-concours/resul...

https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chroniques/577473/mal-jouer...



Samuël Buysschaert
France
Local time: 17:17
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 24

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agree  François Tardif: Bonne suggestion!
21 hrs
  -> Merci !
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
tu t'es lancé; tu as attaqué


Explanation:
IMO

Elena Radkova
Local time: 18:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
as montré tes vraies couleurs


Explanation:
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Salman Hossen
Türkiye
Local time: 18:17
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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1 day 2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Tu t'es montré sous ton vrai jour


Explanation:
Expression classique en français... dans le sens de "apparaître pour ce qu'on est"

Samuel Clarisse
France
Local time: 17:17
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 48
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
décidé d’agir (de passer à l’action)


Explanation:
Autre suggestion:
Mais tu as décidé d’agir (de passer à l’action) et, de ce fait, ne me laisses plus aucun choix.

Ou encore,
Mais tu as franchi une ligne et ne me laisses plus aucun choix.
Mais tu as fait un choix en agissant et tu ne m’en as laissé aucun.

François Tardif
Canada
Local time: 11:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12
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1 day 16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
tu as dévoilé ton jeu / abattu tes cartes


Explanation:
Simple suggestion

Philippe Barré
France
Local time: 17:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 6
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Reference comments


8 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: fwiw/hth

Reference information:
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/english/other/539202-play-ones-ha...

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Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Samuël Buysschaert: Oui, à ne pas confondre avec show your hand, https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/show your hand
1 day 20 mins
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