What is another trick up my sleeve?

What is another trick up my sleeve?

have a trick up (one’s) sleeve To have a secret plan, idea, or advantage that can be utilized if and when it is required. A reference to cheating at a card game by hiding a favorable card up one’s sleeve. I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve if he decides to pursue legal action against me.

What does the idiom have something up your sleeve mean?

informal. : to have/keep a secret method, trick, etc., that one can use when it is needed The coach always keeps a few tricks up his sleeve. They still have some surprises up their sleeves.

What does an ace up your sleeve mean?

Definition of an ace up one’s sleeve : a powerful and often secret weapon, advantage, etc., that can be used if it is needed The mayor’s popularity among elderly voters gives him an ace up his sleeve for the coming election.

Has a few tricks up his sleeve meaning?

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhave something up your sleevehave something up your sleeveinformal to have a secret plan or idea that you are going to use later Don’t worry. He still has a few tricks up his sleeve.

What does pulling no punches mean?

Behave unrestrainedly, hold nothing back, as in The doctor pulled no punches but told us the whole truth. This expression comes from boxing, where to pull one’s punches means “to hit less hard than one can.”

Has another ace up his sleeve?

have an ace up (one’s) sleeve To have a secret plan, idea, or advantage that can be utilized if and when it is required. A reference to cheating at a card game by hiding a favorable card up one’s sleeve.

What does the cherry on the cake mean?

(also the cherry on (top of) the sundae, the cherry on top) something that makes something that is already good even better, or perfect: For his career, the Olympic Games would be the cherry on the cake. He put the cherry on top of the cake by scoring for the third time.