use every trick in the book

Fig. to use every method possible. I used every trick in the book, but I still couldn't manage to get a ticket to the game Saturday. Bob tried to use every trick in the book, but he still failed.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nerio	-	Italian
Chike	-	Western African, Igbo
SİMge	-	Turkish
Gerald	['dʒerəld]
Payton	['peitn]
Liliana	lee-LYAH-nah (Italian, Polish), lil-ee-AN-ə (English)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, English