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 Serger

link 29.06.2016 9:09 
Subject: a few tricks up its immaculately-pressed sleeve nat.res.
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Слово встречается в следующем контексте:
...the phone has a few tricks up its immaculately-pressed sleeve

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 trtrtr

link 29.06.2016 9:39 
Обыгрывается идиоматическое выражение. См.:
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/have+a+trick+up+your+sleeve

 johnstephenson

link 29.06.2016 20:11 
trtrtr +1

It's a rather complex combination of:
* a pluralised version of the idiomatic expression 'to have a trick up one's sleeve' +
* a comment that the phone looks very attractive.

'to have a trick up one's sleeve' means to have a plan or strategy that you keep secret but can use if you need to, as trtrtr's link says. It originally refers to cheating at card games, and 'trick' refers to a magician's 'card trick' in which he hides a playing card up his sleeve.

In this case it probably means that the phone has features (things it's capable of doing) which aren't obvious when you first look at it, but which become obvious when you look at it more closely or when you start to use it.

The author has adapted the idiom further by adding 'immaculately-pressed' (ie, immaculately-ironed) (sleeve) to say that the phone is also very appealing to the eye.

Here's another example of the idiom 'to have a trick up one's sleeve':
"The ruling Labour Party were convinced they'd lost the election, but they had a trick up their sleeve: they released the latest unemployment figures, which showed that there were a record number of people in work, two days earlier than normal -- a day before the election. It was enough to win them the election and they were returned to power."

 

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