Poker Face Idiom Phrase
Poker face - Examples: 1) The host will maintain a consistent poker face and stick to a strict regimen of neutral comments. 2) You better check the leaderboard because Dufner has golf's best poker face and he isn't giving anything away. 3) And so, with the best poker face I had, I sternly warned her that she had one more chance. Top poker face synonyms (phrases) are wooden face, straight face and cool cat.
Is a secret safe with you? Here are some English idioms about telling a secret and keeping a secret.
Telling secrets
to leak = to let a secret out: “Somebody has leaked the diplomatic cables.” (If something leaks, it lets out water.)
whistle blower = someone who blows the whistle on an organisation tells the wider world about bad / illegal practices: “Whistle blowers aren’t always protected by the law.”
spill the beans = to tell a secret: “Josie spilled the beans on her relationship with her boss.”
let the cat out of the bag = let a secret out: “Don’t let the cat out of the bag! I want his present to be a secret.”
crack under pressure = tell something because you’ve been under pressure to: “The criminal cracked under pressure of his interrogation and confessed to robbery.”
take the lid off something = reveal a secret: “He’s taken the lid off what really happens in animal testing labs.”
Some gossip idioms:
dish the dirt = tell the public about an ex: “Is she going to dish the dirt on her footballer husband?”
kiss and tell = a story told by an ex: “In the latest kiss and tell, we hear all about a Hollywood actor.”
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be a blabbermouth = tell everything (blab = slang for talk): “She’s such a blabbermouth. I can’t believe she told you!”
Keeping a secret
keep mum = keep quiet: “Can you keep mum? I’ve got something to tell you.”
stay schtum = stay silent: “If you can stay schtum, I want to say something to you…”
my lips are sealed = I won’t say a word: “You can trust me. My lips are sealed.”
keep a poker face = not give away anything: “If you can keep a poker face, people will tell you secrets.”
take your secret to the grave with you = never reveal a secret: “Unfortunately, he took his secret to the grave with him. We’ll never know the truth.”
keep something under wraps = keep something secret: “They kept their plans under wraps.”
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