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What's the meaning of this sentence?

 
 
Nancy88
 
Reply Sat 20 Apr, 2013 03:24 am
Two or three other people chimed in at that point: “Ed, will you do it?”
There are moments in life when you fold your cards and push back from the table, and moments when you double down. That, for me, was one of those moments.

What does "fold your cards and push back from the table" and "double down" mean? What's the figurative meaning of these two phrases?
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Sat 20 Apr, 2013 11:15 am
@Nancy88,
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"fold your cards and push back from the table"
Intuitively this one should be pretty obvious, it means to withdraw, perhaps out of a feeling of hopelessness

and "double down"To me anyway suggests hunching over your work. OneLook.com is very vague:

http://onelook.com/?w=double+down&ls=a
Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Sat 20 Apr, 2013 11:55 am
@Nancy88,
Both terms originated as card playing gambling terms.

Double down usually means to press the issue.

Folding means accepting defeat...and moving on to the next hand.

Pushing back from the table means to survey the situation...look over the competition.

Whoever wrote this thing mixed metaphors from here to Hell and back. Frankly, it is hack babble.
contrex
 
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Reply Sat 20 Apr, 2013 12:12 pm
@Nancy88,
"Fold your cards and push back from the table" - give up; "double down" - Blackjack term - double your bet; metaphorically in talking about "moments in life", I suggest it means to double or significantly increase the amount of effort. Summary: at some points in life, when engaged in an endeavour, the wisest thing to do may be either to give up or press on (profound, huh?).

A very bad piece of writing, both in terms of the idea expressed, and the expression.
dalehileman
 
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Reply Sat 20 Apr, 2013 12:38 pm
@dalehileman,
Nancy those other guys have the right answers
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Sat 20 Apr, 2013 02:24 pm
@Nancy88,
Simply, go for it or call it quits.
contrex
 
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Reply Sat 20 Apr, 2013 02:54 pm
@cicerone imposter,
cicerone imposter wrote:

Simply, go for it or call it quits.


There is a third possibility, between giving up and doubling effort, namely "carry on consistently".
cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Sat 20 Apr, 2013 03:06 pm
@contrex,
I don't think the third option was considered, because he wrote,
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That, for me, was one of those moments.
It was a choice between the two.
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JTT
 
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Reply Sat 20 Apr, 2013 04:49 pm
@Frank Apisa,
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Whoever wrote this thing mixed metaphors from here to Hell and back.


There are no mixed metaphors, Frank, not a one. I thought you said you were top of the class in English.

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Two or three other people chimed in at that point: “Ed, will you do it?”
There are moments in life when you fold your cards and push back from the table, and moments when you double down. That, for me, was one of those moments.

you fold your cards

Instead of continuing to play a bad card hand you place all your cards face down,

push back from the table

Tell everyone that you are out of the hand or the whole game.

and moments when you double down.

Quote:
In blackjack, it is the players option to double their original bet in exchange for receiving only one more card. To do this the player turns over their first two cards and places an equal bet alongside the original bet.


In this sense it means stay in the card game and bet to win or bluff other players.
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JTT
 
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Reply Sat 20 Apr, 2013 04:51 pm
@contrex,
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A very bad piece of writing, both in terms of the idea expressed, and the expression.


Care to give an analysis, C?
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