speak by the card

To speak with accuracy and exactness. The "card" in this now-obsolete phrase might have referred to a sea chart, which was considered very precise. I always trust a man who speaks by the card—it inspires great confidence.

See also: by, card, speak

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

pinpoint accuracy
autem cackler
turn about
plight
plight (one's) troth
plight troth
plight your troth
troth
plight troth to
plight (one's) troth to (someone)

References in classic literature

At any rate, it was more like a hearse than any thing else, though to speak by the card, it was a gondola.

The Innocents Abroad

词组	speak by the card
释义	speak by the card speak by the card To speak with accuracy and exactness. The "card" in this now-obsolete phrase might have referred to a sea chart, which was considered very precise. I always trust a man who speaks by the card—it inspires great confidence. See also: by, card, speak Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: pinpoint accuracy autem cackler turn about plight plight (one's) troth plight troth plight your troth troth plight troth to plight (one's) troth to (someone) References in classic literature At any rate, it was more like a hearse than any thing else, though to speak by the card, it was a gondola. The Innocents Abroad
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