英语词汇ace up one-s sleeve的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	ace up one-s sleeve
词源	ace up one’s sleeve. Ever since crooked gamblers in the wild and woolly West began concealing aces up their sleeves and slipping them into their hands in card games, we have had the expression an ace up one’s sleeve for “any tricky, hidden advan- tage.” Although the practice is not a common way to cheat at cards anymore, the phrase lives on.
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