Here are some common idioms.<\/p>\n
Play your cards right<\/strong><\/p>\n When you play your cards right, you make the best use of your assets and opportunities.<\/p>\n Put your cards on the table<\/strong><\/p>\n To put your cards on the table is to state your plans openly.<\/p>\n Sweep something under the carpet<\/strong><\/p>\n To sweep something under the carpet is to conceal a problem hoping that it will be forgotten.<\/p>\n Put the cart before the horse<\/strong><\/p>\n To put the cart before the horse is to do things in the wrong order.<\/p>\n Throw caution to the wind<\/strong><\/p>\n To throw caution to the wind is to act in a reckless way.<\/p>\n On the off chance \u2013 just in case<\/strong><\/p>\n Stand a chance<\/strong><\/p>\n If you stand a chance, you have a likelihood of success.<\/p>\n Take a chance \/ take chances<\/strong><\/p>\n To take a chance is to take risks.<\/p>\n Change hands<\/strong><\/p>\n When things change hands, they pass to a different owner.<\/p>\n Change your tune<\/strong><\/p>\n When you change your tune, you show a very different attitude to something.<\/p>\n Get something off your chest<\/strong><\/p>\n To get something off your chest is to say something you have wanted to say for a long time.<\/p>\n Keep your cards close to your chest \/ play your cards close to your chest<\/strong><\/p>\n To keep your cards close to your chest is to be secretive about your plans.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are some common idioms. Play your cards right When you play your cards right, you make the best use of your assets and opportunities. Put your cards on the table To put your...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[299],"class_list":["post-1373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idioms","tag-card-idioms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1374,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions\/1374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}