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sleeve /sliːv/► SEE ALLhave an ace/a trick up your sleevehave/keep sth up your sleevelaugh up your sleeve (at sb/sth)wear your heart on your sleeve
●have an ˌace/a ˌtrick up your ˈsleeve (BrE) (NAmE have an ˌace in the ˈhole) (informal) have an idea or plan which you keep secret and can use if you need to (especially in order to gain an advantage over sb) 有锦囊妙计；留着一招；暗中保留王牌◆They think they’ve won the contract but we’ve still got a couple of aces up our sleeve.
他们以为已经赢得了那份合同，可是我们还有几张王牌未打出呢。●have/keep sth up your ˈsleeve (informal) have a good idea, plan or piece of information which you are not telling anyone about now, but which you intend to use later 暗藏…以备不时之需；心中有妙计；留有后手◆John was smiling to himself all through the meeting; I’m sure he’s got something up his sleeve.
约翰在会上自始至终都在暗笑，我想他肯定是藏着什么高招。●laugh up your ˈsleeve (at sb/sth) (informal) be secretly amused by sth 暗自发笑；窃笑◆Only he knew the whole story about the money. He must have been laughing up his sleeve all along.只有他明白这笔钱的来龙去脉，他肯定一直在偷着乐。●wear your ˌheart on your ˈsleeveshow other people your emotions, especially love 公开表露自己的感情（尤指爱情）◆He wears his heart on his sleeve and often gets hurt.他是个感情外露的人，常常受到伤害。 ORIGIN This phrase is from Shakespeare’s play Othello. 这个短语源于莎士比亚戏剧《奥塞罗》。 |