Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is overplay one’s hand and its meaning is “someone’s over confidence in his/her ability or position will spoil his/her chance of success”.
Example Sentence: One academic, Victoria Tin-bor Hui, has commented that writing about Hong Kong today is like writing obituaries one after the other. But Beijing might be overplaying its hand; the ferocity of its assault on Hong Kong’s freedoms can only re-energise civil society at home and may just prompt reluctant governments overseas into action in the interests of defending global freedoms.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Books pulled from library shelves, songs banned…it’s the new normal in Hong Kong and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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