1. Ace up one's sleeve.

Ace up one's sleeve.

 

 

" I don't know how Henry is going to get his mom to buy him a bike, but I'm sure he has an ace up his sleeve."

 

Meaning : A surprise or secret advantage, especially something tricky that is kept hidden until needed.

 

  나중에 필요할때 사용하기위해 몰래 숨겨놓은 아이디어나 비밀스런 무기를 말할때 사용하는 표현입니다.

 

"He has an ace up his sleeve." 는 그는 비장의 무기를 가지고 있어.

 

Origin : Back in the 1500s  most people didn't have pockets in their clothes, so they kept things in their sleeves.

Later on, magicians hid objects, even small live animals, up their sleeves and then pulled them out unexpectedly to surprise their audiences. In the 1800s dishonest card players secretly slipped a winning card, often an ace, up

their sleeves and pulled it out when nobody was looking to win the game.

 

 

마술사들이 사람들을 놀라게 해주기위해서 소매에서 무엇인가를 꺼내는 것에서 유래가 된  표현이라고 합니다.

 

같은 의미로는 Have a card up one's sleeve 가 있습니다.