up (one's) sleeve

Of a plan or advantage, kept in secret so it 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 My stamina is the ace up my sleeve for this race—the other runners don't stand a chance! I've got a few tricks up my sleeve if he decides to pursue legal action against me.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Leola	-	English
Shepard	['ʃepəd]
Dardan	-	Albanian
Lucille	[lu:'si:l]
Sol (1)	-	Spanish, Portuguese
Madhavi	-	Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Marathi, Hindi