poker faces
Unreadable card countenances
Poker faces is the plural of poker face, an expressionless countenance that conceals one's thoughts or emotions.
The term comes from the card game, where revealing feelings through facial expressions can cost you the hand.
Beyond gambling, it describes any deliberate emotional neutrality: The executives maintained poker faces throughout the merger announcement.
- unexpressiveLacking outward emotion
- blank stareExpressionless, unfocused gaze
- masksFace-covering disguises
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
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People easily understood
wearing one's heart on one's sleeve · dead giveaways · telltale signs · laying cards on the table
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