have a card up sleeve



have a card up your sleeve

to have an advantage that other people do not know about I still had a card up my sleeve in the form of a letter from his father.
See also: card, have, sleeve, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JustinJUS-tin (English), zhoo-STEN (French)English, French, Slovene
Arnaldo-Italian
JagnaYAHG-nahPolish
PetroPE-tro (Esperanto)Ukrainian, Esperanto
SonjeZAWN-yəGerman
Nia (2)-Eastern African, Swahili