ace up one's sleeve

English

WOTD – 7 August 2006

From the dishonest hiding of a high-value ace card for use during play, e.g. in the game of poker.

ace up one's sleeve (plural aces up one's sleeve)

a surprise of which others are not aware

Chinese:
Cantonese: 秘密王牌 (bei³ mat⁶ wong⁴ paai^4-2)

Hokkien: 秘密王牌 (pì-bi̍t ông-pâi)

Mandarin: 秘密王牌 (mìmì wángpái)
Czech: Eso v rukávu
Estonian: Trump tagataskust
Finnish: ässä hihassa
French: joker (fr), as dans la manche, atout dans la manche m, avoir un atout dans sa manche, garder un atout dans sa manche
German: Ass im Ärmel n, Trumpf im Ärmel m
Italian: asso nella manica m
Japanese: 切り札 (ja) (kirifuda), 奥の手 (ja) (okunote)
Norwegian: ess i ermet
Polish: as w rękawie m
Portuguese: carta nas mangas f, ás na manga (pt)
Russian: козырь (ru) (kozyrʹ), туз в рукаве́ m (tuz v rukavé), козы́рна́я ка́рта f (kozýrnája kárta)
Serbo-Croatian: кец у рукаву
Spanish: as en la manga, as bajo la manga
Swedish: äss i rockärmen

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