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poker face (plural poker faces)

1. (poker) An impassive facial expression cultivated to prevent other players from determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand, or of bluffing. Though he thought he had a perfect poker face, he had a number of tells his opponents soon learned.
2. Any similar expression used to prevent giving away one's motives, feelings, or situation.

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• straight face

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• poker-faced

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• → Japanese: ポーカーフェイス (pōkāfeisu)

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[edit] impassive facial expression preventing determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand or of bluffing

Chinese: Mandarin: 撲克臉 / 扑克脸 (pūkèliǎn) Danish: pokeransigt n, pokerfjæs n Dutch: pokerface (nl) Finnish: pokerinaama (fi), pokka (fi) French: poker face (fr) f Greek: ανέκφραστος (el) m (anékfrastos) Hungarian: pókerarc (hu) Indonesian: muka datar (literally “flat face”) Polish: twarz pokerzysty (pl) m Portuguese: cara de pau (pt) c, cara de paisagem f Russian: мо́рда кирпичо́м f (mórda kirpičóm), по́кер-фе́йс (ru) m (póker-fɛ́js) Spanish: doble cara f, cara de póquer f, rostro de póker m Swedish: pokeransikte (sv) n, pokerface (sv), pokerfejs (sv)

any similar expression preventing giving away one's motives etc.

Chinese: Mandarin: 一本正經 / 一本正经 (zh) (yīběnzhèngjīng), 面無表情 / 面无表情 (zh) (miànwúbiǎoqíng), 不動聲色 / 不动声色 (zh) (bùdòng shēngsè) Danish: pokeransigt n, pokerfjæs n Dutch: pokerface (nl) Finnish: pokka (fi) Greek: ανέκφραστος (el) m (anékfrastos) Indonesian: muka bohong Polish: twarz pokerzysty (pl) m Portuguese: cara de bunda c Spanish: doble cara f, cara de póquer f, rostro de póker m, rostro inescrutable m Swedish: pokeransikte (sv) n

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