ace up one's sleeve

English

WOTD – 7 August 2006

Etymology

From the game of poker, from the dishonest hiding of a high-value Ace card for use during play.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ace up one's sleeve (plural aces up one's sleeve)

(idiomatic) A surprise advantage of which others are not aware.

Translations

a surprise advantage of which others are not aware

Chinese:
Mandarin: 王牌 (zh) (wángpái)
Czech: Eso v rukávu
Estonian: Trump tagataskust
Finnish: ässä hihassa
French: atout dans la manche m
German: Ass im Ärmel n
Italian: asso nella manica

Japanese: 切り札 (きりふだ, kirifuda)
Norwegian: ess i ermet
Polish: as w rękawie
Portuguese: carta nas mangas f
Russian: туз в рукаве́ (tuz v rukavé), козы́рна́я ка́рта f (kozýrnája kárta)
Serbo-Croatian: кец у рукаву
Swedish: äss i rockärmen

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