(one's) bag of tricks



(one's) bag of tricks

1. The items that one has available for use. The phrase originally referred to the items a magician would use for magic tricks. Let's see what I have in my bag of tricks to entertain the baby.
2. The skills that one has available for use. Our new pitcher has a killer fastball in her bag of tricks. She's an ace negotiator, so you know she has a few more surprises in her bag of tricks.
See also: bag, of, trick

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Faruk-Turkish, Arabic
Fortunato-Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
LoreneLAWR-eenEnglish
ZacharyZAK-ə-ree (English)English, Biblical
Sweeney-Irish, Scottish
Theofilus-Dutch (Rare)