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When the chips are down

Posted by James Briggs on April 10, 2006

In Reply to: When the chips are down Posted by Nastka on April 10, 2006

: Where does the phrase "when the chips are down" derive? Does it mean that you dropeed your fish-and-chips?

No. It comes from poker.

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