| 词汇 | a bag/box of tricks |
| 释义 | bag of tricks1. The items that one has available for use. The phrase originally referred to the items a magician would use for magic tricks. Let's see what I have in my bag of tricks to entertain the baby. 2. The skills that one has available for use. Our new pitcher has a killer fastball in her bag of tricks. She's an ace negotiator, so you know she has a few more surprises in her bag of tricks. box of tricks1. The items that one has available for use. The phrase originally referred to the items a magician would use for magic tricks. Let's see what I have in my box of tricks to entertain the baby. 2. The skills that one has available for use. She's an ace negotiator, so you know she has a few more surprises in her box of tricks. bag of tricksFig. a collection of special techniques or methods. What have you got in your bag of tricks that could help me with this problem? Here comes Mother with her bag of tricks. I'm sure she can help us. bag of tricksOne's stock of resources and stratagems, as in Mom can fix anything-you never know what she will pull out of her bag of tricks. Alluding to the magician's bag of equipment for performing magic tricks, this term was first recorded in 1694, when Jean de La Fontaine, in one of his fables, has a fox carry a sac des ruses ("bag of tricks"). a bag (or whole bag) of tricksa set of ingenious plans, techniques, or resources. informala box of tricksan ingenious gadget. informala bag/box of ˈtricks(informal) a set of methods or equipment that somebody can use: Hotel managers are using a whole new bag of tricks to attract their guests.bag of tricksOne’s entire resources. It refers to the bag of the itinerant magician, which contained all the paraphernalia needed to perform his tricks. The expression dates back at least as far as one of La Fontaine’s fables (1694), in which a fox carries a sac des ruses. It became especially common in Victorian literature. |
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