bluff

はったり

実際よりも強い、または自信があると相手に思わせようとすること。

やさしい英語で： An attempt to make others believe you are stronger or more confident than you really are.

• His threat was a bluff.
• She called my bluff and asked me to prove it.
• Was their promise to fight just a bluff?

類義語： pretence, deception

よく使う表現： call someone's bluff, a clever bluff, an empty bluff, pure bluff

ブラフ、はったり

自分の手札が実際より強いと、ほかのプレイヤーに思わせようとすること。

やさしい英語で： An attempt to make other players believe your cards are better than they really are.

• That big bet was a bluff.
• Her bluff made the other players fold.
• He lost all his chips after a failed bluff.

よく使う表現： a poker bluff, a successful bluff, spot a bluff

はったりをかける、ブラフする

相手をだますため、実際より強い、または自信があるように振る舞う。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you pretend to be stronger or more confident than you are to trick others.

• I think he is bluffing.
• She bluffed when she had no good cards.
• Can you tell when a player bluffs?

類義語： pretend

よく使う表現： bluff at poker, try to bluff, bluff someone, bluff someone into

はったりで切り抜ける

知識や自信、権限があるふりをして、目的地に入ったり何かを達成したりする。

やさしい英語で： To get somewhere or achieve something by pretending to have knowledge, confidence, or authority.

• He bluffed his way inside.
• I bluffed through the questions I could not answer.
• Can she bluff her way into the meeting?

使い方： bluff your way through something (I bluffed my way through the interview.); bluff your way past someone/something (He bluffed his way past the security guards.)

類義語： fake one's way

よく使う表現： bluff your way, bluff through something, bluff past someone

ぶっきらぼうで気さくな

話し方や態度が率直で親しみやすいが、少しぶっきらぼうに見える。

やさしい英語で： Speaking or behaving in a direct, friendly way that can seem a little rough.

• He greeted us in his bluff manner.
• Her bluff honesty made people trust her.
• Behind that bluff voice was a kind man.

類義語： hearty, forthright, blunt

よく使う表現： a bluff manner, a bluff voice, bluff good humour

幅広で平たい

前の部分が細かったり尖ったりせず、幅広く、かなり平たい。

やさしい英語で： Having a wide, fairly flat front rather than a narrow or pointed one.

• The boat has a bluff bow.
• Waves struck the ship's bluff front.
• These vessels have broad, bluff bows.

類義語： blunt

反対語： pointed

よく使う表現： bluff bows, a bluff bow, bluff front