have something up one's sleeve
- have something up one's sleeve
have something up one's sleeve & have an ace upone's sleeve
Fig. to have a secret or surprise plan or solution (to a problem). (Alludes to cheating at cards by having a card hidden in one's sleeve.) •
I've got something up my sleeve, and it should solve all your problems. I'll tell you what it is after I'm elected.
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The manager has an ace up her sleeve. She'll surprise us with it later.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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