have a card up your sleeve

have a card up (one's) sleeve

To have a secret plan, idea, or advantage that can be utilized if and when it is required. A reference to cheating at a card game by hiding a favorable card up one's sleeve. She has a card up her sleeve if they ever try to fire her, since she knows about the boss's unscrupulous business practices.

have a card up your sleeve

have a plan or asset that is kept secret until it is needed. British

词组	have a card up your sleeve
释义	have a card up your sleeve have a card up (one's) sleeve To have a secret plan, idea, or advantage that can be utilized if and when it is required. A reference to cheating at a card game by hiding a favorable card up one's sleeve. She has a card up her sleeve if they ever try to fire her, since she knows about the boss's unscrupulous business practices. See also: card, have, sleeve, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. have a card up your sleeve have a plan or asset that is kept secret until it is needed. British See also: card, have, sleeve, up Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: a card up (one's) sleeve ace up (one's) sleeve card up one's sleeve have an ace up (one's) sleeve have an ace up one’s sleeve have an ace up your sleeve have an ace/a trick up your sleeve have up sleeve have/keep something up your sleeve trick up (one's) sleeve
随便看	have the final say have the final word have (the) first crack at (something) have the floor have the gall to do have the gall to (do something) have the gift of gab have the gift of (the) gab have (the) golden touch have the (good) grace to (do something) have the goods have the goods on someone have the goods on (someone) have the grace to do something have the guts have the guts (to do something) have the hang of (something) have the heart have the heart (to do something) have the honor of (doing something) have the honour of something/of doing something have the horn have the hots have the hots for have the hots for someone