three-card monte
Noun
Meaning
a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time
Source: WordNetSynonyms
monte
three-way
four-card monte
find the lady
three-card trick
triplets
three-card shuffle
menage-a-card
three-card marney
follow the lady
follow the bee
bluff
baccarat
banker
brag
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Maybe I'm naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like playing three-card monte on Canal Street.