Idiom
Under the table.
Bribes or illegal payments are often described as money under the table.
Exact(2)
Hold those cards under the table, pretending that you're "feeling them to get used to the difference between card faces and backs".
Exchange cards under the table.
Similar(58)
Under-the-table hush money.
Under-the-table payments are commonplace.
An editorial in Bild under the headline "All cards on the table" is scathing: "He wants to say only the bare essentials about his well-remunerated speeches.
Cards on the table.
Cards on the table time.
The broadcasters have laid their cards on the table.
Suzy lays the tarot cards on the table.
"You have all the cards on the table".
In the conclusion, he puts his cards on the table.
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