à la carte

à la carte

Available to be purchased individually instead of bundled with other items. Most often describes items on a menu that are not part of a main dish. I wasn't very hungry, so I opted to buy a few side items à la carte instead of a full meal.
See also: carte, la
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • carte
  • a bag of tricks
  • a bag/box of tricks
  • a box of tricks
  • bag of tricks
  • box of tricks
  • someone's bag of tricks
  • cash-and-carry
  • live out of a suitcase
  • live out of a/(one's) suitcase