trick of the trade

A skill associated with a particular job that makes one more proficient, often acquired through experience. You'll get better at taking dictation—you're a receptionist now, and it's a trick of the trade. When you're a pediatrician, being able to stay calm while dealing with panicked parents is a trick of the trade.

tricks of the trade

Certain clever or ingenious skills, techniques, or methods used by professionals to do something more easily or efficiently. My uncle used to be a tailor, so he taught me all the tricks of the trade to alter a shirt. My accountant friend is showing me the tricks of the trade to pay as few taxes as possible on my income.

词组	trick of the trade
释义	trick of the trade trick of the trade A skill associated with a particular job that makes one more proficient, often acquired through experience. You'll get better at taking dictation—you're a receptionist now, and it's a trick of the trade. When you're a pediatrician, being able to stay calm while dealing with panicked parents is a trick of the trade. See also: of, trade, trick tricks of the trade Certain clever or ingenious skills, techniques, or methods used by professionals to do something more easily or efficiently. My uncle used to be a tailor, so he taught me all the tricks of the trade to alter a shirt. My accountant friend is showing me the tricks of the trade to pay as few taxes as possible on my income. See also: of, trade, trick Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: tricks of the trade there are horses for courses horses for courses in (one's) element in element in one's element in your element be in (one's) element element good in bed References in periodicals archive Finding the exact center of things where fractions are involved, like 3/8ths or 5/16ths, can be easy if you know this trick of the trade. Using a tape measure, hold the starting end on one side and stretch it straight across to the other side. Middle management And, to quote Berlioz: "Add a triangle trill to a red-hot orchestra to turn it white hot!" Another 'trick of the trade' - just so! ARTS REVIEWS: Honours all round; VISUAL ARTS Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra Adrian Boult Hall ***** Hospital doctors tried "every trick of the trade" to save stabbed schoolboy Imran Khan, a jury heard yesterday. Doctors defend bid to save stab boy Imran
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