card up sleeve

card up (one's) sleeve

A secret resource or plan held in reserve: a tough negotiator who had a number of cards up his sleeve.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
&Aelig;&Eth;Elberht	-	Anglo-Saxon
Brechtje	-	Dutch
Servaos	ser-VAWS	Limburgish
Amets	-	Basque
Daryawesh	-	Biblical Hebrew
Earlene	URL-een	English