jugarse todo a una carta

Language: es

1.
Pan-Hispanicneutralfigurative
- To stake all one's resources or hopes on a single option or plan; to take a single, decisive risk with everything at stake.
2.
Pan-Hispanicneutralliteral
- To place all of one's money or stakes on a single card or single bet in a game of chance.

Examples:

ES: Sin embargo, había decidido a jugarse todo a una carta, porque Alemania necesita un respiro.
EN: Nevertheless, he had decided to stake everything on one card, because Germany needed a breathing space.

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