above-board

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From above + board (“table”). First attested in 1610. Said by Johnson to have been borrowed from gamblers, who, when they change their cards, put their hands under the table.

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: op eerlijke wijze — straightforward, transparent
• Dutch: openlijk — straightforward, transparent
• Finnish: rehellinen — straightforward, transparent
• Finnish: avoin — straightforward, transparent
• Finnish: salailematon — straightforward, transparent
• Finnish: läpinäkyvä — straightforward, transparent
• German: einwandfrei — straightforward, transparent
• German: ehrlich — straightforward, transparent
• German: offen — straightforward, transparent
• German: korrekt — straightforward, transparent
• German: (die Karten liegen) auf dem Tisch — straightforward, transparent
• Māori: matanui — straightforward, transparent
• Spanish: legítimo — straightforward, transparent
• Ukrainian: чесний (česnyj) — straightforward, transparent
• Ukrainian: відвертий (vidvertyj) — straightforward, transparent