Example: "I don't know how Henry is going to get his mom to buy him a bike, but I'm sure he has an ace up his sleeve."
They put things in boots also. "bootleg".
Nothing. I believe you misheard the idiom "ace UP his sleeve," which means that the person has a secret advantage, as if he had an Ace playing card hidden in his sleeve to cheat at cards with.
If you're a card player who cheats, you might hide an ace card in your shirt sleeve and pull it out so you can win. If you "have an ace up your sleeve," then you have a hidden means of winning something. Sometimes this can be knowledge that the other people don't have, or a surprise person coming in on your side.
to laugh is 'rire' in French,and the idiom 'to laugh up is sleeve' is 'rire sous cape'.
Magicians and card cheats put things up their sleeves to fool people. Thus, if you ask what someone has up their sleeve, you're asking what sort of tricks they are up to, or what mischief they are planning.
The saying, 'to have a card up one's sleeve', derives from gambling with cards, where dishonest players would cheat by concealing certain cards somewhere on their person (often literally up the sleeve) to secretly switch into their hand to win a round.The modern version does not necessarily mean the person is dishonest. It can mean that the person has a secret strategy in reserve, so that when they seem to be defeated, they will astound everyone by producing a winning solution.A person would hide a card up his sleeve if he was playing poker or performing card tricks. So, this term meant that you had a trick or a surprise that you were concealing.
Nothing. I believe you misheard the idiom "ace UP his sleeve," which means that the person has a secret advantage, as if he had an Ace playing card hidden in his sleeve to cheat at cards with.
Ace up his sleeve, All Greek to me, Apple of my eye and All bark and no bite are idioms. They begin with the letter A.
If you're a card player who cheats, you might hide an ace card in your shirt sleeve and pull it out so you can win. If you "have an ace up your sleeve," then you have a hidden means of winning something. Sometimes this can be knowledge that the other people don't have, or a surprise person coming in on your side.
to laugh is 'rire' in French,and the idiom 'to laugh up is sleeve' is 'rire sous cape'.
Figuratively, an ace up one's sleeve is an advantage, intended to take opponents by surprise, of which they are unaware.
Origin "up a storm"
go to achievements under your profile scroll to ace up the sleeve achievement identafiable by the arm with a gun poking out and hit start promotion. then play poker to level 5.
It's an alternative way of saying "What's up?"
You use the term I have an "ace up my sleeve" when you have an extra advantage that your opponent is not aware of that may assist you to win. It is a term that is taken from the card game of poker where the "Ace" card is the high card and, should a person be cheating at the card game, they may hide an Ace up their sleeve and play it in the game to win if they need it. The term "I have an Ace up my sleeve does not, like in the card game example, necessarily imply cheating though. It simply means that you have an additional advantage.
Magicians and card cheats put things up their sleeves to fool people. Thus, if you ask what someone has up their sleeve, you're asking what sort of tricks they are up to, or what mischief they are planning.
Each idiom has its own origins - you'll have to look up the etymology of every one separately.
The saying, 'to have a card up one's sleeve', derives from gambling with cards, where dishonest players would cheat by concealing certain cards somewhere on their person (often literally up the sleeve) to secretly switch into their hand to win a round.The modern version does not necessarily mean the person is dishonest. It can mean that the person has a secret strategy in reserve, so that when they seem to be defeated, they will astound everyone by producing a winning solution.A person would hide a card up his sleeve if he was playing poker or performing card tricks. So, this term meant that you had a trick or a surprise that you were concealing.