Card-playing. A common method of cheating involves hiding cards on the inside of the wrist beneath a sleeve.
The first trick was that the the boy taught the mouse to creep up the sleeve of his jacket and come by his neck.
Yes, "trick up your sleeve" is not an example of alliteration. Alliteration occurs when the initial sounds of words in close proximity repeat, such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." "Trick up your sleeve" does not have this repetition of initial sounds.
She ain't no one-trick pony! (American Western genre) I only have one trick up my sleeve. Let me show you a card trick.
The Fashion Show - 2009 Trick Up Your Sleeve 1-3 was released on: USA: 21 May 2009 Japan: 28 March 2012
There are many ways to do such a trick, but the most common one is it goes up your sleeve.
It was never clear, Hermione probably had a trick up her sleeve or they might have flown.
Harry Houdini is no longer alive. He can not become president unless he has one last trick up his sleeve.
heres a little trick my mum has up her sleeve... cold water is the trick... there u go ... wash it under cold water or in washing machine at 'cold'. BY KK
Mutiny Up My Sleeve was created in 1978.
Something Up My Sleeve was created on 1993-09-21.
This is an old saying which means to have a secret that can be used to benefit them. It comes from the game of poker. Having something up one's sleeve is in reference to those who cheat at poker, often putting an "Ace" up their sleeve which they would then use in their hand to win. It is now used as a reference to a "secret weapon" that can be used to achieve something. For instance, during World War II, the Atomic Bomb was the thing that the US had "up their sleeve" -- a secret weapon that would be used to win the war.
He had buttons sewn on the soldiers sleeve jackets to prevent them from wiping/blowing their noses on it.