单词 | tricks of the trade |
释义 | > as lemmastricks of the trade trick of the trade: (usually in plural, as tricks of the trade) a special, ingenious technique used in a profession or craft, especially one that is little known to outsiders. ΚΠ 1642 High-way Hector (single sheet) (title) A very queint poem in which much is said, concerning the manner and tricks of the trade. 1748 J. Jackson Treat. Improvem. Art of Crit. 38 Our Hypercritic has known a little of the Tricks of the Trade, and we see has not quite forgot them. 1798 T. Dutton tr. F. Nicolai Life & Opinions Sebaldus Nothanker III. 125 He scorned the stale, common tricks of the trade, such..as bringing out an old..[book]..under a new and fashionable title. 1829 T. Carlyle German Playwrights in Foreign Rev. Jan. 100 He has some knack, or trick of the trade. 1862 Temple Bar Sept. 250 Some curious tricks of the trade are practised in making up false hair. 1909 Motor Boating Nov. 5/1 Fluff has not been long enough at the game to know all the tricks of the trade. 1979 J. C. Freund Lawyering vi. 151 It would be unusual to work at anything..intensively..without amassing some tricks of the trade that make life a little simpler. 2015 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 26 Oct. (Guide section) 10 The..benefit of this show being presented by Jamie is that we get some cheffy tricks of the trade thrown in too. < as lemmas |
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