| 单词 | to have in or up one's sleeve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have in or up one's sleeve b. to have in or up one's sleeve, to have in reserve, at one's disposal, or ready for some need or emergency. Also to put up one's sleeve. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > be prepared or ready > for an emergency to have in or up one's sleeve?a1513 a card up (or in) one's sleeve1656 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 227 Jok..Can now draw him ane cleik of kirkis, With ane fals cairt in to his sleif. 1577 tr. ‘F. de L'Isle’ Legendarie sig. Kvij He answered that he had contrary Edicts from the King in his sleeue. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 251 To haue a iourney or sicknesse in his sleeue, thereby to shake of other importunities of greater consequence. 1855 A. Trollope Warden xx. 312 Then the bishop brought forward another [plan] which he had in his sleeve. 1890 Daily News 19 June 6/1 At the finish Barrett had considerably more up his sleeve than the three lengths with which he finished. < as lemmas |
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