áir slèeve[sòck] =WIND SOCK

have (something) up (one's) sleeve 관용구

an ace up your sleeve

an important card to play, an important fact to reveal To survive, one needs an ace up one's sleeve - a special talent.

card up one's sleeve

another plan or argument saved for later I thought that the negotiations would be unsuccessful but my boss had another card up his sleeve that we didn't know about.

laugh up your sleeve

laugh secretly at someone, behind your back He tried to please her, unaware she was laughing up her sleeve.

up your sleeve

hidden, ready to use if asked When I write an exam, I like to have a topic up my sleeve.

wear your heart on your sleeve

show your emotions, reveal your true feelings If you wear your heart on your sleeve, he'll know you love him.

wear one's heart on one's sleeve

Idiom(s): wear one's heart on one's sleeve AND have one's heart on one's sleeve

Theme: EMOTION

to display one's feelings openly and habitually, rather than keep them private.
• John always has his heart on his sleeve so that everyone knows how he feels.
• Because she wears her heart on her sleeve, it's easy to hurt her feelings.

roll one's sleeves up

Idiom(s): roll one's sleeves up

Theme: WORK

to get ready to do some work.
• Roll your sleeves up and get busy. This isn't a picnic. This is work!
• Come on, you guys, get busy. Roll up your sleeves and go to work.

laugh up one's sleeve

Idiom(s): laugh up one's sleeve

Theme: LAUGHTER

to laugh secretly; to laugh quietly to oneself. (Informal.)
• Jane looked very serious, but I knew she was laughing up her sleeve.
• I told Sally that her dress was darling, but I was laughing up my sleeve because it was too small.

have sth up one's sleeve

Idiom(s): have sth up one's sleeve

Theme: SOLUTION

to have a secret or surprise plan or solution (to a problem). (Slang. Refers to cheating at cards by having a card hidden in one's sleeve.)
• I've got something up my sleeve, and it should solve all your problems. I'll tell you what it is after I'm elected.
• The manager has something up her sleeve. She'll surprise us with it later.

have an ace up one's sleeve

Idiom(s): have an ace up one's sleeve

Theme: DECEPTION

to have a secret or concealed means of accomplishing something.
• I think that Liz has an ace up her sleeve and will surprise us with success at the last minute.
• I have done all I can do. I have no idea what to do next. I don't have an ace up my sleeve, and I can't work miracles.

have (something) up (one's) sleeve

To accept a abstruse plan, idea, or advantage that can be activated if and back it is required. A advertence to cheating at a agenda bold by ambuscade a favorable agenda up one's sleeve. I accept a few tricks up my sleeve if he decides to accompany acknowledged activity adjoin me. She has all the capacity of their arrant business practices up her sleeve if they anytime try to blaze her.Learn more: have, sleeve, up

have something up one's sleeve

and have an ace up one's sleeveFig. to accept a abstruse or abruptness plan or band-aid (to a problem). (Alludes to cheating at cards by accepting a agenda hidden in one's sleeve.) I've got article up my sleeve, and it should break all your problems. I'll acquaint you what it is afterwards I'm elected. The administrator has an ace up her sleeve. She'll abruptness us with it later.Learn more: have, sleeve, up

have article up your sleeve

COMMON If you have article up your sleeve, you accept a abstruse abstraction or plan which you can use to accretion an advantage over added people. Paterson had addition plan up his sleeve, however. If that failed, he had one final ambush up his sleeve. We would delay to see what Bill had up his sleeve. Note: You can additionally aloof allocution about something, such as a plan or a trick, that is up someone's sleeve. The administrator insisted his aggregation will use every ambush up their sleeve to defeat their rivals. Note: The expressions have an ace up your sleeve and have a agenda up your sleeve beggarly the same. He consistently seems to accept an ace up his sleeve to accord with these kinds of situations. Even his critics accept that he seems consistently to accept a agenda up his sleeve. Note: If addition capital to bluff at cards, they could adumbrate a acceptable agenda up their sleeve to use at an adapted time. Learn more: have, sleeve, something, up

have/keep article up your ˈsleeve

(informal) accept a acceptable idea, plan or allotment of advice which you are not cogent anyone about now, but which you intend to use later: John was animated to himself all through the meeting; I’m abiding he’s got article up his sleeve.Learn more: have, keep, sleeve, something, up

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