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.
In the context of a verb scramble means to quickly or awkwardly make ones way up a hill or over rough terrain in hands and knees. As a noun, it means a difficult or hurried clamber over something.
The phrase 'measure up' means to compare with something else - and usually it would mean in a good way. So if someone measures up to a neighbour then they are doing well in comparison to that neighbour.
Yes. "Shipshape" is made up of two separate words: ship and shape. It is an adjective meaning something is in good shape or neat and tidy.
To cross paths; to be across something (basically). Intersecting lines in simple geometry are lines that lie across each other and divide one line into 360 degrees. For more detail, look it up on Webster online or something.
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Something Up My Sleeve was created on 1993-09-21.
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.
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.
Mutiny Up My Sleeve was created in 1978.
"The Tat" is a short con in which the con man fixes a dice game with a magnet, typically hidden up his sleeve.
have someone look up a coat sleeve and you pour water down it.
Figuratively, an ace up one's sleeve is an advantage, intended to take opponents by surprise, of which they are unaware.
The phrase "tricks up your sleeve" means having secret plans or strategies. The expression "in spades" means having something in abundance or to a high degree. So, the question is asking if you have any secret plans or strategies, and if so, do you have a lot of them.
to laugh is 'rire' in French,and the idiom 'to laugh up is sleeve' is 'rire sous cape'.
Dana Dane - "Uncle Chester"
to be in lot of trouble
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.