| 词汇 | give someone a cold deck |
| 词源 | give someone a cold deck. When a crooked gambler substi- tutes a new or “cold” deck for the used “warm” pack in a card game, the new deck is often stacked to his advantage. This practice led to the century-old expression to give someone a cold deck or to shamelessly swindle a person. |
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