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.
See also: card, sleeve, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Zeru-Basque
Frosina-Macedonian
Anacletoah-nah-KLE-to (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
BaŞAk-Turkish
Antoniaahn-TO-nyah (Italian, Spanish), an-TON-ee-ə (English), ahn-TO-nee-ah (German, Dutch), ahn-TAWN-yah (Polish)Italian, Spanish, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Ancient Roma
Bateman['beitmən]