show one's hand

Reveal one's plans, intentions, or resources, especially when they were previously hidden. For example, We have to be careful not to show our hand to our competitors. The hand here refers to a hand of cards, and showing them means turning them face up. [Late 1800s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Leonid	lye-ah-NEET (Russian), lee-ah-NEET (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Lycurgus	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Ivka	-	Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovak, Czech
PÉPin	PEP-in (English)	History
AurÉLie	o-re-LEE	French
Gabriel	ga-bree-EL (French), GAH-bryel (Spanish), GAHP-ree-el (German), GAHB-ree-el (Finnish), GAY-bree-əl (English), GAHP-ryel (Polish)	French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Catalan, English, Romanian