put your cards on the table

Bedeutung

to be honest about what you think and want

Die eigenen Gedanken und Absichten offen darlegen.

Beispiele

1. 1Let's put our cards on the table: we can't afford the house you want.
2. 2Before we sign anything, I'd like you to put your cards on the table.
3. 3Aisha put her cards on the table and told her boss she'd leave without a pay rise.
4. 4Why don't you put your cards on the table and tell me what you really want?
5. 5The seller finally put his cards on the table: he needed the money by Friday.

Grammatik

Nur put verändert sich: puts, putting; die Vergangenheitsform ist ebenfalls put. Das Wort your passt sich der Person an; statt put ist auch lay möglich.