put your cards on the table

Kahulugan

to be honest about what you think and want

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Mga halimbawa

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.

Grammar

Tanging ang put ang nagbabago: puts, putting, at put din ang past tense. Nagbabago ang your ayon sa tao, at maaaring ipalit ang lay sa put.