To have a card up one's sleeve mean?

A person would hide a card up his sleeve if he was playing poker or performing card tricks. So, this term meant that you had a trick or a surprise that you were concealing.

The saying, 'to have a card up one's sleeve', derives from gambling with cards, where dishonest players would cheat by concealing certain cards somewhere on their person (often literally up the...

This is a phrase that comes from the old wild west. back in the wild west Poker was a game played very regularly by cowboys.`and to 'have a ace up your sleeve' means your that you somehow won the...

One up, one down - or two up, two down and so forth - refers to matters that are briskly dealt with as they appear, like a succession of easy targets in a shooting gallery.

This means that he/she is unloyal and acts different from everyone else at parties, and get togethers. This means they are usually secluded and is non-social, and they do not talk to anyone, and is...