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.
- 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