“摊牌”，本意指“把手里所有的牌摆在桌面上（lay one’s cards on the table, reveal one’s cards）”，后比喻“把事情的有关情况都向对方公开，表明自己的真实意图”，与英文习语“show one’s hand”意思相近，表示“to make one’s plans, intentions, ideas, or resources known to others, especially those that were previously hidden or kept secret”。
- 在商务谈判中，关键是不要马上摊牌，否则你可能会失去最好的交易机会。
In business negotiations, it’s important that you don’t show your hand right away, or you might risk losing out on the best deal possible. - 他们要是不肯摊牌，谈判就不会有进展。
The negotiations will not make progress as long as they refuse to show their hand.
