In a pack of cards their are 4 suits, Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs and Spades.
Each suit has cards numbered 2 to 10 in it and an ace, jack, queen and king.
The 8 of spades is therefore the number 8 card from the spade suit.
The odds of selecting the 8 of spades from a standard deck of 52 playing cards are 1 in 52, since there is only one 8 of spades in the deck. This can also be expressed as 1:52. If you consider the odds of not selecting the 8 of spades, that would be 51:1.
'Spades' is not a Gaelic word.
Something sb. has in spades means Sb. has plenty ofsomething. Ex: They had financial trouble in spades.
its a card in a card deck
In the game of Spades, "nil" means bidding to take zero tricks during a hand.
The best spades hand in a game of spades is having the Ace of Spades, King of Spades, Queen of Spades, Jack of Spades, and 10 of Spades. This combination is known as a "Royal Flush" in spades.
Return in Spades usually has 2 meanings that are similar. first Spades is a suit in the card deck and Spades are the Highest ranked suit. return in spades means the return is higher than what is put out or invested. you invest $200.00 but the return is in Spades $2000.00! however 'return in spades' usually means revenge. someone will return or pay back in spades to someone for something they did to them. let's say you sucker punch me in the face. i pay you back in spades by blasting you back in the face with a baseball bat. spades means you trump something or 'one up it' spades are always something 'higher.'
Ace of Spades is the Death Card. Spades usually mean sometype of misfortune whening considering them tarot cards.
18. Two of spades through ten of spades, and two of clubs through ten of clubs.
hearts, spades, clubs and diamonds
Depending on what you are doing and your superstitious beliefs it may mean anything.
If you are playing bridge and you have spades in your hand, you bid 7 spades.